Observational Insights on DBI K-essence Models Using Machine Learning and Bayesian Analysis

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Main Authors: Ganguly, Samit, Panda, Arijit, Guendelman, Eduardo, Gangopadhyay, Debashis, Bhattacharyya, Abhijit, Manna, Goutam
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author Ganguly, Samit
Panda, Arijit
Guendelman, Eduardo
Gangopadhyay, Debashis
Bhattacharyya, Abhijit
Manna, Goutam
author_facet Ganguly, Samit
Panda, Arijit
Guendelman, Eduardo
Gangopadhyay, Debashis
Bhattacharyya, Abhijit
Manna, Goutam
contents We perform a late-time cosmological study; we compare the performance of two Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI)-type k-essence scalar field extensions of the $Λ$CDM model to the standard framework and a wCDM scenario using the Chevallier-Polarski-Linder (CPL) equation of state parametrization. We solve background dynamics numerically as functions of redshift and incorporate them into a Bayesian inference pipeline accelerated by machine learning. We use a Flax-based surrogate emulator to replace repeated direct integrations of the ODE system, reducing computational cost. A hybrid scheme that combines Stochastic Variational Inference (SVI) with No-U-Turn Hamiltonian Monte Carlo constrains cosmological parameters using the Pantheon$+$SH0ES Type Ia supernova sample, DESI BAO (DR2) data, and cosmic chronometer $H(z)$ measurements without CMB-based priors. In both DBI k-essence formulations, present-day dark energy equations of state are consistent with cosmic acceleration, indicating a $Λ$CDM-like regime with a modest redshift dependence. The $w$CDM model is marginally favored by conventional model selection measures such as $χ^2$, AIC, BIC, and DIC, which are based on goodness of fit and penalized. However, Bayesian predictive measures like WAIC and PSIS-LOO show no significant differences between $Λ$CDM, $w$CDM, and DBI k-essence scenarios. All have similar model weights and out-of-sample predictive performance for the datasets. Thus, DBI k-essence models mimic the success of the classic $Λ$CDM paradigm while allowing controlled, redshift-dependent deviations from a strict cosmological constant that are consistent with present late-time observations.
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spellingShingle Observational Insights on DBI K-essence Models Using Machine Learning and Bayesian Analysis
Ganguly, Samit
Panda, Arijit
Guendelman, Eduardo
Gangopadhyay, Debashis
Bhattacharyya, Abhijit
Manna, Goutam
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We perform a late-time cosmological study; we compare the performance of two Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI)-type k-essence scalar field extensions of the $Λ$CDM model to the standard framework and a wCDM scenario using the Chevallier-Polarski-Linder (CPL) equation of state parametrization. We solve background dynamics numerically as functions of redshift and incorporate them into a Bayesian inference pipeline accelerated by machine learning. We use a Flax-based surrogate emulator to replace repeated direct integrations of the ODE system, reducing computational cost. A hybrid scheme that combines Stochastic Variational Inference (SVI) with No-U-Turn Hamiltonian Monte Carlo constrains cosmological parameters using the Pantheon$+$SH0ES Type Ia supernova sample, DESI BAO (DR2) data, and cosmic chronometer $H(z)$ measurements without CMB-based priors. In both DBI k-essence formulations, present-day dark energy equations of state are consistent with cosmic acceleration, indicating a $Λ$CDM-like regime with a modest redshift dependence. The $w$CDM model is marginally favored by conventional model selection measures such as $χ^2$, AIC, BIC, and DIC, which are based on goodness of fit and penalized. However, Bayesian predictive measures like WAIC and PSIS-LOO show no significant differences between $Λ$CDM, $w$CDM, and DBI k-essence scenarios. All have similar model weights and out-of-sample predictive performance for the datasets. Thus, DBI k-essence models mimic the success of the classic $Λ$CDM paradigm while allowing controlled, redshift-dependent deviations from a strict cosmological constant that are consistent with present late-time observations.
title Observational Insights on DBI K-essence Models Using Machine Learning and Bayesian Analysis
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05674