Constraints on DBI dark energy with chameleon mechanism

TL;DR

This paper constrains a Dirac Born Infeld chameleon scalar field dark energy model using recent cosmological data, finding it compatible with observations and exploring the effects of the chameleon mechanism on model parameters.

Contribution

It provides the first constraints on the DBI chameleon dark energy model with current data, analyzing the impact of the chameleon mechanism on parameter bounds and model viability.

Findings

Without the chameleon mechanism, the self-interaction parameter m_1 is negligible.

Constraints on potential parameters are absent when the chameleon mechanism is included.

The model's equation of state remains in the quintessence region without phantom crossing.

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the Dirac Born Infeld chameleon scalar field model in light of the latest cosmological observations, analyzing the model both with the incorporation of the chameleon mechanism and without it. Results from current cosmological observations, such as Pantheon Plus, DES Y5, DESI DR2, and the compressed Planck likelihood, are used to constrain the model. We consider the AdS throat in the form of $f(\phi) = \lambda / \phi^4$ and a potential $V(\phi) = m_0^2 \phi^2 + m_1^2 \phi^4$ .One interesting finding from our analysis is that, without the chameleon mechanism, the mean value of $m_1 \simeq 0$ indicates the self-interaction of the DBI field could potentially be negligible. Constraints on the potential parameters do not appear when considering the chameleon mechanism, but the warp parameter and chameleon coupling parameter are forced to satisfy $\eta \geq 0$ and $\beta \leq 0$. Different choices of $\beta$ render the same background cosmological parameters. The equation of state $w_{\rm DE}$ resides more in the quintessence region in the past. There is no phantom crossing in this model under our assumption of the warp throat and potential. By computing the $\Delta \text{AIC}$ relative to the $\Lambda$CDM model, we study statistical model comparison. The model as a candidate of dynamical dark energy is observationally viable at the cosmological background level.