It seems to me that discussions of dark energy center on addressing it as some sort of a monolithic entity. I was wondering if there have been any discussions or papers on the possibility that there may be different forms or dark energy, each having a somewhat different function, and perhaps each competing with one another? Also then, has it been considered that some dark energy may not be involved with the expansion of the universe?
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