Screened fifth forces lower the TRGB-calibrated Hubble constant too

Abstract

The local distance ladder measurement of the Hubble constant requires a connection between geometric distances at low redshift and Type Ia supernovae in the Hubble flow, which may be achieved through either the Cepheid period--luminosity relation or the luminosity of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB) feature of the Hertzsprung--Russell diagram. Any potential solution to the Hubble tension that works by altering the distance ladder must produce consistency of both the Cepheid and TRGB $H_0$ calibrations with the CMB. In this paper we extend our models of screened fifth forces (Desmond et al 2019) to cover the TRGB framework. A fifth force lowers TRGB luminosity, so a reduction in inferred $H_0$ requires that the stars that calibrate the luminosity---currently in the LMC---are on average less screened than those that calibrate the supernova magnitude. We show that even under pessimistic assumptions for the extinction to the LMC, full consistency with Planck can be achieved for a fifth force strength in unscreened RGB stars $\sim$0.2 that of Newtonian gravity. This is allowed by the comparison of Cepheid and TRGB distance measurements to nearby galaxies. Our results indicate that the framework of Desmond et al (2019) is more versatile than initially demonstrated, capable of ameliorating the Hubble tension on a second front.

arXiv comment6+5 pages, 3 figures; minor revision, matches Phys Rev D published version

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