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We have been conducting a search for narrowband radio signals with the L-band receiver (1.15-1.73 GHz) of the 100 m diameter Green Bank Telescope (Margot et al., 2023). So far, we have captured radio emissions from 70,000+ stars and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-15 Jean-Luc Margot

We describe a new approach and algorithm for the detection of artificial signals and their classification in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). The characteristics of radio signals observed during SETI research are often…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-04-16 G. A. Cox , S. Egly , G. R. Harp , J. Richards , S. Vinodababu , J. Voien

Radio astronomy observational facilities are under constant upgradation and development to achieve better capabilities including increasing the time and frequency resolutions of the recorded data, and increasing the receiving and recording…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-07 Tao An , Xiao Chen , P. Mohan , Bao-Qiang Lao

We report a novel radio autocorrelation (AC) search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). For selected frequencies across the terrestrial microwave window (1-10 GHz) observations were conducted at the Allen Telescope Array to identify…

The CHIME radio telescope operates in the frequency bandwidth of 400 to 800 MHz. The CHIME/FRB collaboration has a data pipeline that analyzes the data in real time, suppresses radio frequency interferences (RFI) and searches for FRBs.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-21 K. J. Luke

When scientific experiments require transmission of powerful laser or radio beams through the atmosphere the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires that precautions be taken to avoid inadvertent illumination of aircraft. Here we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 W. A. Coles , T. W. Murphy , J. F. Melser , J. K. Tu , G. A. White , K. H. Kassabian , K. Bales , B. B. Baumgartner

The Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) using radio telescopes is an area of research that is now more than 50 years old. Thus far, both targeted and wide-area surveys have yet to detect artificial signals from intelligent…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Michael A. Garrett

Several post-detection approaches to the mitigation of radio-frequency interference (RFI) are compared by applying them to the strong RFI from the Iridium satellites. These provide estimates for the desired signal in the presence of RFI, by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-02 Avinash A. Deshpande , B. M. Lewis

This paper presents the effects of radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation on a radio telescope's sensitivity and beam pattern. It specifically explores the impact of subspace-projection mitigation on the phased array feed (PAF) beams…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-28 Liroy Lourenco , Aaron P Chippendale

We conducted a search for narrowband radio signals over four observing sessions in 2020-2023 with the L-band receiver (1.15-1.73 GHz) of the 100 m diameter Green Bank Telescope. We pointed the telescope in the directions of 62 TESS Objects…

Modern radio astronomy instruments generate vast amounts of data, and the increasingly challenging radio frequency interference (RFI) environment necessitates ever-more sophisticated RFI rejection algorithms. The "needle in a haystack"…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-22 Peter Xiangyuan Ma , Steve Croft , Chris Lintott , Andrew P. V. Siemion

Current and upcoming radio telescopes are being designed with increasing sensitivity to detect new and mysterious radio sources of astrophysical origin. While this increased sensitivity improves the likelihood of discoveries, it also makes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-17 Alessio Sclocco , Dany Vohl , Rob V. van Nieuwpoort

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will operate in frequency ranges often used by military radar and other communications technology. It has been shown that if Extraterrestrial Intelligences (ETIs) communicate using similar technology, then…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 D. H. Forgan , R. C. Nichol

We present two algorithms to identify and flag radio frequency interference (RFI) in radio interferometric imaging data. The first algorithm utilizes the redundancy of visibilities inside a UV cell in the visibility plane to identify…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Srikrishna Sekhar , Ramana Athreya

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) greatly reduces sensitivity of radio observations to astrophysical signals and creates false positive candidates in searches for radio transients. Real signals are missed while considerable computational…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-06 Joseph W. Kania , Kevin Bandura , Duncan R. Lorimer , Richard Prestage

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is one of its five key science objectives. We conducted a targeted…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Guang-Yuan Song , Zhen-Zhao Tao , Bo-Lun Huang , Yan Cui , Bo Yu , Tong-Jie Zhang

We report a radio SETI search for periodic, kHz-wide signals from five of the nearest stars observable with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). Using the 19-beam L-band receiver (1.05-1.45 GHz), we obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-22 Yu Hu , Bo-Lun Huang , Vishal Gajjar , Xiao-Hang Luan , Zhen-Zhao Tao , Tong-Jie Zhang

A Search for Extraterrestrial Life (SETI), based on the possibility of interstellar communication via laser signals, is being designed to extend the search into the near-infrared spectral region (Wright et al, this conference). The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Jérôme Maire , Shelley A. Wright , Dan Werthimer , Richard R. Treffers , Geoffrey W. Marcy , Remington P. S. Stone , Frank Drake , Andrew Siemion

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) corrupts astronomical measurements, thus affecting the performance of radio telescopes. To address this problem, supervised segmentation models have been proposed as candidate solutions to RFI detection.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Michael Mesarcik , Albert-Jan Boonstra , Elena Ranguelova , Rob V. van Nieuwpoort

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) has historically plagued radio astronomy, worsening with the rapid spread of electronics and increasing telescope sensitivity. We present a multi-dimensional probabilistic framework for characterising the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-25 Isaac Sihlangu , Nadeem Oozeer , Bruce A. Bassett