John Moffat

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Senior Research Affiliate
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Overview

John received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. His postdoctoral fellowships included positions at CERN and Imperial College London. John went on to a Senior Scientist position at the Research Institute for Advanced Studies in Maryland. He was Associate Professor of Physics at University of Toronto for three years then became a full professor.

University of Toronto, Department of Physics and University of Waterloo, Department of Physics

The following topics of research are being pursued: 1) Investigations of the standard model of particle physics 2) Cosmology 3) Modified gravitational theory 4) Quantum gravity 5) Astrophysics and astronomy (analyzes of observational data). 6) Quantum mechanics
  • J. W. Moffat, Ultraviolet Complete Quantum Gravity, Eur.Phys.J.Plus 126:43,2011, arXiv: 1008.2482
  • Leonardo Modesto, John W. Moffat, Piero Nicolini, Black holes in an ultraviolet complete quantum gravity, Phys.Lett.B695:397-400,2011, arXiv: 1010.0680
  • J. W. Moffat, Lorentz Violation of Quantum Gravity, Class.Quant.Grav.27:135016,2010, arXiv: 0905.1668
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, The bending of light and lensing in modified gravity, MNRAS 397 (2009) 1885-1992, arXiv: 0805.4774
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, Modified gravity and the origin of inertia, MNRAS 395 (2009) L25-L28, arXiv: 0710.3415
  • J. W. Moffat, Lorentz Violation of Quantum Gravity, Class.Quant.Grav.27:135016 (2010), arXiv: 0905.1668
  • J. W. Moffat, A Modified Gravity and its Consequences for the Solar System, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Int.J.Mod.Phys.D16:2075-2090 (2008), arXiv: gr-qc/0608074
  • Joao Magueijo and John W. Moffat, Comments on "Note on varying speed of light theories", Gen.Rel.Grav.40:1797-1806,2008, arXiv: 0705.4507
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, Fundamental parameter-free solutions in Modified Gravity, Class. Quantum Grav. 26 (2009) 085002, arXiv: 0712.1796
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, Testing modified gravity with globular cluster velocity dispersions, The Astrophysical Journal, 680:1158-1161, 2008 June 20, arXiv: 0708.1935
  • J. R. Brownstein and J. W. Moffat, The Bullet Cluster 1E0657-558 evidence shows Modified Gravity in the absence of Dark Matter, Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.382:29-47 (2007), arXiv: astro-ph/0702146
  • J. W. Moffat, Time Delay Predictions in a Modified Gravity Theory, Quant.Grav. 23 (2006) 6767-6772, arXiv: gr-qc/0605141
  • J. R. Brownstein and J. W. Moffat, Gravitational solution to the Pioneer 10/11 anomaly, Class. Quantum Grav. 23 (2006) 3427-3436, arXiv: gr-qc/0511026
  • J. W. Moffat, Cosmic Microwave Background, Accelerating Universe and Inhomogeneous Cosmology, JCAP0510:012,2005, arXiv: astro-ph/0502110
  • J. W. Moffat, Gravitational Theory, Galaxy Rotation Curves and Cosmology without Dark Matter, JCAP 0505 (2005) 003, arXiv: astro-ph/0412195
  • J. R. Brownstein and J. W. Moffat, Galaxy Cluster Masses Without Non-Baryonic Dark Matter, Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 367 (2006) 527-540, arXiv: astro-ph/0507222
  • J. R. Brownstein and J. W. Moffat, Galaxy Rotation Curves Without Non-Baryonic Dark Matter, Astrophys.J. 636 (2006) 721-741, arXiv: astro-ph/0506370
  • J. W. Moffat, Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity Theory, JCAP 0603 (2006) 004, arXiv: gr-qc/0506021
  • J. W. Moffat, Late-time Inhomogeneity and Acceleration Without Dark Energy, JCAP 0605 001(2006), arXiv: astro-ph/0505326
  • J. W. Moffat, Variable Speed of Light Cosmology and Bimetric Gravity: An Alternative to Standard Inflation, Int.J.Mod.Phys. A20 (2005) 1155-1162, arXiv: gr-qc/0404066
  • J. W. Moffat, Bimetric Relativity and the Opera Neutrino Experiment, arXiv: 1110.1330
  • J. W. Moffat, Can Electroweak Theory Without A Higgs Particle Be Renormalizable?, arXiv: 1109.5383
  • J. W. Moffat, Ultraviolet Complete Quantum Field Theory and Gauge Invariance, arXiv: 1104.5706
  • J. W. Moffat, Radiative Corrections In An Ultraviolet Complete Electroweak Model Without A Higgs Particle, arXiv: 1103.0979
  • J. W. Moffat, Viktor T. Toth, Testing Modified Gravity (MOG) with gas-dominated galaxies, arXiv: 1103.5634
  • J. W. Moffat, Ultraviolet Complete Quantum Gravity, arXiv: 1008.2482
  • John Moffat, Ultraviolet Complete Electroweak Model Without a Higgs Particle, arXiv: 1006.1859
  • John Moffat, Ultraviolet Complete Electroweak Model Without a Higgs Particle, arXiv: 1006.1859
  • J. W. Moffat, V. T. Toth, Can Modified Gravity (MOG) explain the speeding Bullet (Cluster)?, arXiv: 1005.2685
  • John W. Moffat, Viktor T. Toth, Modified Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory with scalar current and the Eddington-Robertson gamma-parameter, arXiv: 1001.1564
  • John W. Moffat and Viktor T. Toth, Modified Jordan-Brans-Dicke theory with scalar current and the Eddington-Robertson gamma-parameter, arXiv: 1001.1564
  • J. W. Moffat, Void or Dark Energy?, arXiv: 0910.2723
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, The running of coupling constants and unitarity in a finite electroweak model, arXiv: 0812.1994
  • J. W. Moffat, Electroweak Model Without A Higgs Particle, arXiv: 0709.4269
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, Can Modified Gravity (MOG) explain the speeding Bullet (Cluster)?, arXiv: 1005.2685
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, Testing modified gravity with motion of satellites around galaxies, arXiv: 0708.1264
  • J. W. Moffat and V. T. Toth, A finite electroweak model without a Higgs particle, arXiv: 0812.1991
  • J. W. Moffat, Modified Gravity or Dark Matter?, Talk given at the International conference on Two Cosmological Models, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico, November 17-19, 2010, arXiv: 1101.1935
  • J. W. Moffat, V. T. Toth, Observationally Verifiable Predictions of Modified Gravity, AIP Conf.Proc.1241:1066-1073,2010, arXiv: 0908.0781
  • John W. Moffat, Reinventing Gravity: A physicist goes beyond Einstein, John Allen and Sons, Toronto, and HarperCollins, New York