https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14706-9
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Dynamical dark energy in 0’B braneworlds
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), Boltzmannstraße 8, 85748, Garching, Germany
2
Department of Physics, INFN, University of Catania and INFN, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123, Catania, Italy
Received:
10
April
2025
Accepted:
2
September
2025
Published online:
14
September
2025
We build a novel realization of dark bubble cosmology in non-supersymmetric string theory. Among the simplest models in ten dimensions, the type 0’B orientifold is the unique option which yields a scale-separated construction. The resulting setting produces a logarithmically varying dynamical dark energy, reflecting its holographic counterpart in terms of running gauge couplings. We analyze in detail the phenomenological consequences of the model for particle physics, inflation and late-time cosmology. We find that, although particle physics may be consistently realized, neither early-time nor late-time cosmology are observationally viable.
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