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The coherent low-frequency radio emission detected by LOFAR from Gliese 1151, a quiescent M4.5 dwarf star, has radio emission properties consistent with theoretical expectations of star-planet interactions for an Earth-sized planet on a 1-5…

To date, the search for radio technosignatures has focused on sky location as a primary discriminant between technosignature candidates and anthropogenic radio frequency interference (RFI). In this work, we investigate the possibility of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Bryan Brzycki , Andrew P. V. Siemion , Imke de Pater , James M. Cordes , Vishal Gajjar , Brian Lacki , Sofia Sheikh

The search for technosignatures from hypothetical galactic civilizations is going through a new phase of intense activity. For the first time, a significant fraction of the vast search space is expected to be sampled in the foreseeable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-26 Claudio Grimaldi , Geoffrey W. Marcy

The goal of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is the detection of non-human technosignatures, such as technology-produced emission in radio observations. While many have speculated about the character of such…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-10 Bryan Brzycki , Andrew P. V. Siemion , Imke de Pater , Steve Croft , John Hoang , Cherry Ng , Danny C. Price , Sofia Z. Sheikh , Zihe Zheng

The discovery of ubiquitous habitable extrasolar planets, combined with revolutionary advances in instrumentation and observational capabilities, has ushered in a renaissance in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI). Large…

This paper highlights a methodological approach designed to enhance the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) by hypothesizing that a transmission technosignature would likely have two features: 1) be wideband in the microwave or…

Popular Physics · Physics 2024-02-20 Ross Davis

The "search for extraterrestrial intelligence" (SETI) commensal surveys aim to scan the sky to find possible technosignatures from the extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). The mitigation of radio frequency interference (RFI) is an important…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-21 Yu-Chen Wang , Zhen-Zhao Tao , Zhi-Song Zhang , Cheqiu Lyu , Tingting Zhang , Tong-Jie Zhang , Dan Werthimer

The Breakthrough Listen program is, to date, the most extensive search for technological life beyond Earth. As part of this goal, over the past nine years it has surveyed thousands of nearby stars, close to 100 nearby galaxies, and a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 Caleb Painter , Steve Croft , Matthew Lebofsky , Alex Andersson , Carmen Choza , Vishal Gajjar , Danny Price , Andrew P. V. Siemion

The search for technosignatures from the Galaxy or the nearby universe raises two main questions: What are the possible characteristics of technosignatures? and How can future searches be optimized to enhance the probability of detection?…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-18 Jacob Haqq-Misra , Anamaria Berea , Amedeo Balbi , Claudio Grimaldi

Traditional searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) or "technosignatures" focus on dedicated observations of single stars or regions in the sky to detect excess or transient emission from intelligent sources. The newest generation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-11 James. R. A. Davenport

This paper aims to review the diverse range of technosignatures that have been proposed in the literature. We organize the review by scales, starting carefully from Earth, then zooming out to Earth's orbit, the solar system, including the…

New and unique opportunities now exist to look for technosignatures (TS) beyond traditional SETI radio searches, motivated by tremendous advances in exoplanet science and observing capabilities in recent years. Space agencies, both public…

In this article an analysis of the fundamentals used to search for extraterrestrial artificial signals in the galaxy, which have been developing for more than five decades, is presented. It is shown that the key factor for the success of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-14 Guillermo A. Lemarchand

Radio Searches for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence aim at detecting artificial transmissions from extra terrestrial communicative civilizations. The lack of prior knowledge concerning these potential transmissions increase the search…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-09-19 Gregory Hellbourg

Extraterrestrial communication signals are hypothesized to be present in an extensive search space. Using principles of communication theory and system design, methods are studied and implemented to reduce the signal search space, while…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-16 William J. Crilly

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is to search for technosignatures associated with extraterrestrial life, such as engineered radio signals. In this paper, we apply the multibeam coincidence matching (MBCM) strategy, and…

Detection of radio emission from exoplanets can provide information on the star-planet system that is difficult to study otherwise, such as the planetary magnetic field, magnetosphere, rotation period, interior structure, atmospheric…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-26 Jake D. Turner , Jean-Mathias Grießmeier , Philippe Zarka , Iaroslavna Vasylieva

The majority of searches for radio emission from exoplanets have to date focused on short period planets, i.e., the so-called hot Jupiter type planets. However, these planets are likely to be tidally locked to their host stars and may not…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-02 Eamon O'Gorman , Colm P. Coughlan , Wouter Vlemmings , Eskil Varenius , Sandeep Sirothia , Tom P. Ray , Hans Olofsson

A stable-frequency transmitter with relative radial acceleration to a receiver will show a change in received frequency over time, known as a "drift rate''. For a transmission from an exoplanet, we must account for multiple components of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-03 Megan G. Li , Sofia Z. Sheikh , Christian Gilbertson , Matthias Y. He , Howard Isaacson , Steve Croft , Evan L. Sneed