Can $f(T)$ gravity resolve the $H_0$ tension?

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Motivated by the discrepancy in measurements of $H_0$ between local and global probes, we investigate whether teleparallel gravities could be a better model to describe the present days observations or at least to alleviate the $H_0$ tension.

• Specifically, in this work we study and place constraints on three popular $f(T)$ models in light of the Planck-2018 CMB data release.
• We find that the $f(T)$ power-law model can alleviate the $H_0$ tension from $4.4\sigma$ to $1.9\sigma$ level, while the $f(T)$ model of two exponential fail to resolve this inconsistency.
• Moreover, for the first time, we obtain constraints on the effective number of relativistic species $N_{eff}$ and on the sum of the neutrino masses $\Sigma m_\nu$ in $f(T)$ gravity.