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John Belz
Professor of Physics
University of Utah
115 S. 1400 E. Suite 201
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0830 USA
Office: INSCC 228
Phone: 801-585-9620
email:
belz@physics.utah.edu
Physics Department home page
Links:
Research Interests:
Numerical Relativity
Gamma ray production in lightning
Particle Astrophysics
with the
Telescope Array
observatory
Selected Publications:
BOUNDARY DYNAMICS IN COMPETING CRITICAL BLACK HOLE FORMATION
,
C. Kelson-Packer and J. Belz,
Phys. Rev. D
106
084063 (2022).
OBSERVATION OF THE ORIGIN OF DOWNWARD TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES
,
J. Belz et al.,
J. Geophys. Res.
125
e2019JD031940 (2020).
INVESTIGATION INTO LENGTH SCALE DOMINANCE IN CRITICAL BLACK HOLE FORMATION
,
C. Kelson-Packer and J. Belz,
Phys. Rev. D
102
084050 (2020).
GAMMA-RAY SHOWERS OBSERVED AT GROUND LEVEL IN COINCIDENCE WITH DOWNWARD LIGHTNING LEADERS
,
R.U. Abbasi et al.,
J. Geophys. Res.
123
6864-6879 (2018).
FIRST UPPER LIMITS ON THE RADAR CROSS SECTION OF COSMIC-RAY INDUCED EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
,
R.U. Abbasi et al.,
Astroparticle Physics
87
p1-17 (2017).
MEASUREMENT OF THE PROTON-AIR CROSS SECTION WITH TELESCOPE ARRAY... IN HYBRID MODE
,
R.U. Abbasi et al.,
Phys. Rev. D
92
032007 (2015).
TELESCOPE ARRAY RADAR (TARA) OBSERVATORY FOR ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS
,
R. Abbasi et al.,
Nucl. Inst. Meth.
A 767
p. 322 (2014).
INDICATIONS OF PROTON-DOMINATED COSMIC-RAY COMPOSITION ABOVE 1.6 EeV
,
by the HiRes Collaboration, R. Abbasi et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett.
104
161101 (2010).
Other Miscellaneous Scientific Links:
High Resolution Fly's Eye
Spark Chamber page
Flying Links:
Utah Back Country Pilot's Association
Landing
at Upper Trail Lake and
touring
the glaciers, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
Landing the wagon
at the
Mexican Mountain
airstrip in southern Utah's
San Rafael Swell
.
Landing
and
departing
the
upper airstrip
on
Fremont Island
in the Great Salt Lake.
Departing Sedona AZ
and
overflight of Grand Canyon
via Zuni Point Corridor