Constraints on DBI dark energy with chameleon mechanism

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 (ϕ) = λ/ϕ4 and a potential V (ϕ) = m0 2ϕ 2 + m1 2 ϕ4 .One interesting finding from our analysis is that, without the chameleon mechanism, the mean value of m1 ≃ 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 η ≥ 0 and β ≤ 0. Different choices of β render the same background cosmological parameters. The equation of state wDE 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 ∆AIC relative to the ΛCDM model, we study statistical model comparison. The model as a candidate of dynamical dark energy is observationally viable at the cosmological background level.