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John Moffat is a Professor Emeritus in physics at the University of Toronto. He is also an adjunct Professor in physics at the University of Waterloo and a resident affiliate member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is best known for his work on Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory. He also proposed a Variable speed of light approach to cosmological problems, which posits that the speed of light may have been much faster in early moments of the Big Bang. In addition, he has recently published papers on inhomogeneous cosmological models that purport to explain certain anomalous effects in the CMB data and account for the observed acceleration of the expansion of the universe. For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...
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The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
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Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names King’s Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street...
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Sir Frederick Hoyle, FRS, (born on June 24, 1915 in Gilstead, Yorkshire, England – August 20, 2001 in Bournemouth, England)[1] was a British astronomer, he was educated at Bingley Grammar School and notable for a number of his theories that run counter to current astronomical opinion, and a writer of...
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The variable speed of light (VSL) concept states that the speed of light in vacuum, usually denoted by c, may not be constant, for some reason. ...
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The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ...
The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW, UWaterloo, or Waterloo) is a research-intensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ...
The Institute facing Waterloo Park The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is located in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (also home to the University of Waterloo). ...
Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory is a modification of Einsteins theory of General Relativity that tries to explain the mystery of Dark Matter. ...
The variable speed of light (VSL) concept states that the speed of light in vacuum, usually denoted by c, may not be constant, for some reason. ...
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An unusual start to a physics career  Kawarthas Landscape by John Moffat John Moffat started out his professional life as a struggling artist but this came to an end after living for a time in Paris with no income. Upon returning to Copenhagen, Denmark, he became interested in the cosmos so started teaching himself mathematics and physics. He made such quick progress that within a year he began working on problems of general relativity and unified field theory. For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...
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"When I was about 20, I wrote a letter to Albert Einstein telling him that I was working on one of his theories. In 1953 Einstein sent me a reply, from Princeton, New Jersey, but it was written in German. So I ran down to my barber shop (in Copenhagen) to have my barber translate it for me. Through that summer and fall, we exchanged about a half dozen letters. The local press picked up on these stories which then caught the attention of physicist Niels Bohr and others. Suddenly doors of opportunity were swinging open for me". (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2005) Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ...
Niels Henrik David Bohr (October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. ...
The Institute facing Waterloo Park The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is located in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (also home to the University of Waterloo). ...
In 1958, he became the only Trinity College, Cambridge student to be awarded a Ph.D. without a first degree. (He was supervised by Fred Hoyle and Abdus Salam) Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names King’s Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street...
The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. ...
Sir Frederick Hoyle, FRS, (born on June 24, 1915 in Gilstead, Yorkshire, England – August 20, 2001 in Bournemouth, England)[1] was a British astronomer, he was educated at Bingley Grammar School and notable for a number of his theories that run counter to current astronomical opinion, and a writer of...
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"Dear Professor . . . I would be eternally indebted if you could find time to read my work," he began.
“Most honorable Mr. Moffat: Our situation is the following. We are standing in front of a closed box which we cannot open, and we try hard to discuss what is inside and what is not.” Einstein replied. During a career that spans over five decades, Moffat worked on a variety of subjects in Theoretical Physics. These include particle physics, quantum field theory, quantum gravity and cosmology. Theoretical physics employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics in an attempt to explain experimental data taken of the natural world. ...
Variable Speed of Light In the early 1990s Moffat proposed a radical alternative theory: that the speed of light was as much as 30 orders of magnitude faster than its present value just following the big bang. He published a paper on the variable speed of light theory in the early 1990s but his work was essentially ignored. A few years later, João Magueijo, based at Imperial College in London, and his collaborator, Andrew Albrecht of the University of California at Davis, published a paper with a similar idea. Their paper made it into the more prestigious journal, Physical Review D, which had rejected Moffat's paper years earlier. When Moffat saw this, he was upset and contacted Magueijo. But after Magueijo realized what had happened, he was quick to give Moffat due credit for having first proposed the idea. In fact, Moffat and Magueijo became friends, and Magueijo even devoted a whole chapter to Moffat in his 2002 book titled “Faster Than the Speed of Light”. After that, the number of physicists citing Moffat's work in academic journals increased significantly. Recently, Moffat and Maguieijo published a joint paper on this topic. João Magueijo at the journée de la Science at the EPFL, on the 11th of November 2005 João Magueijo is a cosmologist and lecturer in theoretical physics at Imperial College London. ...
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Non-local Quantum Field Theory In 1990, Moffat proposed a finite, non-local quantum field theory. The theory was developed extensively by Evens, Moffat, Kleppe and Woodard in 1991. In subsequent work, Moffat proposed this theory as an alternative to the standard unification theory of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear interactions.
Moffat's theory is a quantum field theory with a non-local term in the field Lagrangian. Despite the non-local term the theory does not violate causality. The theory is finite to all orders, requiring no renormalization, and it provides a mechanism to give mass to elementary particles without having to postulate the Higgs boson. The theory's predictions may soon be verified or falsified by results from the Large Hadron Collider. Quantum field theory (QFT) is the quantum theory of fields. ...
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Modified Gravity Theory Continuing the program initiated by Einstein in search of a Unified Field Theory, Moffat proposed a Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory that, like Einstein's unified field, incorporated a symmetric field (gravity) and an antisymmetric field; unlike Einstein, however, Moffat made no attempt to identify the latter with electromagnetism, instead he proposed that the antisymmetric component is another manifestation of gravity. As investigation progressed, the theory evolved in a variety of ways; most notably, Moffat postulated that the antisymmetric field may be massive. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory is a modification of Einsteins theory of General Relativity that tries to explain the mystery of Dark Matter. ...
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Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ...
The current version of his modified gravity (MOG) theory, which grew out of this investigation, modifies Einstein's gravity with the addition of a vector field, while also promoting the constants of the theory to scalar fields. The combined effect of these fields modifies the strength of gravity at large distances when large masses are involved, successfully accounting for a range of astronomical and cosmological observations. The resulting theory describes well the rotation curves of galaxies and the mass profiles of X-ray galaxy clusters without dark matter.
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The variable speed of light (VSL) concept states that the speed of light in vacuum, usually denoted by c, may not be constant, for some reason. ...
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References - Moffat, John; "Finite nonlocal gauge field theory" [1]
- Moffat, John; "Superluminary Universe: A Possible Solution to the Initial Value Problem in Cosmology" [2]
- Moffat, John; "Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory" [3]
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