Scalar-tensor theories of gravity, neutrino physics, and the H0 tension

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2020

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IOP Publishing

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We use Planck 2018 data to constrain the simplest models of scalar-tensor theories characterized by a coupling to the Ricci scalar of the type F(σ)R with F(σ) = N2 pl + ξσ2 . We update our results with previous Planck and BAO data releases obtaining the tightest constraints to date on the coupling parameters, that is ξ < 5.5 × 10−4 for Npl = 0 (induced gravity or equivalently extended Jordan-Brans-Dicke) and (Npl √ 8πG) − 1 < 1.8 × 10−5 for ξ = −1/6 (conformal coupling), both at 95% CL. Because of a modified expansion history after radiation-matter equality compared to the ΛCDM model, all these dynamical models accommodate a higher value for H0 and therefore alleviate the tension between Planck/BAO and distance-ladder measurement from SNe Ia data from 4.4σ at best to 2.7-3.2σ with CMB alone and 3.5-3.6σ including BAO data.

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Cosmological neutrinos, Cosmological parameters from CMBR, Modified gravity, Neutrino masses from cosmology, Scalar-tensor

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Ballardini, M. et al. (2020). Scalar-tensor theories of gravity, neutrino physics, and the H0 tension. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(10)