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  4. Moffat, J. W. (1993). "Superluminary Universe: A Possible Solution to the Initial Value Problem in Cosmology". International Journal of Modern Physics D 2 (3): 351–365. doi:10.1142/S0218271893000246. Bibcode: 1993IJMPD...2..351M.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1142%2FS0218271893000246
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  18. J. W. Moffat, S. Rahvar, The MOG Weak Field approximation II. Observational test of Chandra X-ray Clusters, arXiv:1309.5077
  19. J. W. Moffat, Beyond The Standard Model; arxiv:hep-ph/9802228 https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9802228
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John Moffat
Name: John Moffat
Born: May 1932
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Title: Physicist
Affiliations: University of Toronto Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo
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