How can we distinguish transient pulsars from SETI beacons?
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2010-05-18 v2 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
How would observers differentiate Beacons from pulsars or other exotic sources, in light of likely Beacon observables? Bandwidth, pulse width and frequency may be distinguishing features. Such transients could be evidence of civilizations slightly higher than ourselves on the Kardashev scale.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1003.5938,
title = {How can we distinguish transient pulsars from SETI beacons?},
author = {James Benford},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5938},
year = {2010}
}