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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:
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 Links:
High Resolution Fly's Eye
Spark Chamber page
Utah Back Country Pilot's Association
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.