2020/09/30 by Antonio De Felice, Shinji Mukohyama, Masroor C. Pookkillath · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.CO #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136201
published as Phys. Lett., B816:136201,2021 · 9 pages, 4 figures; minor revision in v5
arxiv created 2021/05/02 · arxiv updated 2021/05/04
In this letter we propose a reduction of the H0 tension puzzle by means of a theory of minimally modified gravity which is dubbed VCDM. After confronting the theory with the experiments, we find that the data allow for a low-redshift transition in the expansion history of the universe at either z≃ 0.3 or z ≃ 1.8 , corresponding to one of the two local minima of the total χ2. From the bestfit values the total fitness parameter is improved by Δχ2 ≃ 12, for the data set considered. We then infer the local Hubble expansion rate today within this theory by means of low redshift Pantheon data. The resulting local Hubble expansion rate today is H^\rmloc0=73.6±1.4. We find the tension is reduced within the VCDM theory.