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Parasitic programs for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), carried out concurrently with conventional radio astronomical observing programs, can be an attractive and cost-effective means of exploring the large multidimensional search space intrinsic to this effort. We describe a microprocessor-based automated SETI acquisition system which searches for and records spectra of narrowband signals in the IF band of an observatory receiver. Data taken with this system over 35 days at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory at 1612 MHz are discussed. Out of approximately 105 spectra processed during this period, 4000 were identified by the system as containing narrowband signals and were recorded. Subsequent analysis indicates that over 3900 of these are due to local RF contamination. The remainder are undergoing further investigation. 相似文献
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For several decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has proceeded using advanced astronomical techniques.
Different strategies have been proposed for target selection for targeted searches with goals of improving the chances of
successful detection of signals from technological civilizations that may inhabit planets around solar-type stars, and to
minimize the chances of missing signals from unexpected sites. In this paper we demonstrate that these goals are best achieved
by observing star clusters. We show that standard open clusters are not appropriate for SETI scans because their disruption
time scale is shorter than the characteristic time scale for the development of a protective atmospheric layer on a habitable
planet. However, the old open clusters, those older than some Gy are optimal candidates for SETI surveys as their ages are
older than the likely time for intelligent civilizations to emerge and the probability of catastrophic orbital modification
as a result of close encounters with other cluster stars is, in general, rather negligible. The final performance of the proposed
survey can be significantly increased by using initially a radio telescope beam larger than the cluster apparent size so that
the entire cluster can be observed simultaneously. Globular clusters are also good candidates from the statistical point of
view but only if hypothetical civilizations located in these clusters have been able to develop astronomical engineering technologies
or have been involved in (rather speculative) cosmic colonization.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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We describe an indirect or “passive” SETI in 25 globular clusters, observed for astronomical reasons at the water and hydroxyl lines. No beacon signals were found in a sample of up to 107 stars and upper limits to the maximum EIRPs of beacons were 1016–1021W. Ways of enhancing the value of other astronomical spectral line observing programs for SETI purposes are discussed. 相似文献
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Motivated by recent developments impacting our view of Fermi’s Paradox (the absence of extraterrestrials and their manifestations from our past light cone), we suggest a reassessment of the problem itself, as well as of strategies employed by the various SETI projects so far. The need for such reassessment is fueled not only by the failure of SETI thus far, but also by great advances recently made in astrophysics, astrobiology, computer science and future studies. As a result, we consider the effects of the observed metallicity and temperature gradients in the Milky Way galaxy on the spatial distribution of hypothetical advanced extraterrestrial intelligent communities. While properties of such communities and their sociological and technological preferences are, obviously, unknown at present, we assume that (1) they operate in agreement with the known laws of physics and (2) at some point in their history they typically become motivated by a meta-principle embodying the central role of information-processing; a prototype of the latter is the recently suggested Intelligence Principle of Steven J. Dick. There are specific conclusions of practical interest to astrobiological and SETI endeavors to be drawn from the coupling of these reasonable assumptions with the astrophysical and astrochemical structure of the spiral disk of our galaxy. In particular, we suggest that the outer regions of the Galactic disk are the most likely locations for advanced SETI targets, and that sophisticated intelligent communities will tend to migrate outward through the Galaxy as their capacities of information-processing increase, for both thermodynamical and astrochemical reasons. However, the outward movement is limited by the decrease in matter density in the outer Milky Way. This can also be regarded as a possible generalization of the galactic habitable zone (GHZ), concept currently being investigated in astrobiology. 相似文献
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D. V. Lukic 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2018,363(8):159
In the search for habitable planets, the ultimate aspiration is finding an extraterrestrial technical civilization. We already lost a half of century for an active search for extraterrestrial civilizations. Should we lose another half? If all civilizations in the Universe are only recipients and not message-sending civilizations, then no SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) searches make any sense. Detecting only leaked radio signals is a hard job with present resources. Fear from the extraterrestrials is unfounded, having in mind physical difficulties and requirements of the interstellar travel. If possible extraterrestrial civilizations are more advanced than ours then they can pick up life signs from Earth easier than we can from their planets at present. Here we propose a scientifically based METI (Messaging to Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program. 相似文献
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M.H. Hart (1975, Quart. J. Roy. Astron. Soc.16, 128–135) has argued that the absence of evidence for extraterrestrial visits to Earth indicates that there are no other advanced civilizations in our galaxy capable of interstellar colonization. If so, the possible success of any SETI program must be questioned. The authors propose that limited interstellar colonization may occur and an attempt is made to show the effects of such a journey on the Drake equation. 相似文献
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时间尺度的分域递推模型 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
建立时间尺度是时间测量的目的之一．实时原子时则要求对时间尺度进行必要的预测．小波分析是近年来迅速发展起来的一门学科,它可以对信号在不同的分辨率下进行分析,凡是传统的Fourier分析可以应用的地方,小波分析都可以得到应用．基于小波分析建立了一种时间尺度分域递推模型,这种方法既不同于ARMA（p,q）模型,又有别于卡尔曼滤波方法．ARMA模型要求过程是平稳随机的,而卡尔曼滤波方法虽然不要求过程是平稳的,但它预测的精度有限．分城递推模型将信号在不同的频率尺度进行正交分解,在各个尺度上对小波变换系数进行建模．最后根据陕西天文台守时实验室的实测数据,验证了分域递推模型,ARMA模型一步预测误差10ns,而分域递推模型五步预测误差平均为4．5ns．结果表明这种方法简单而切实可行,分域递推模型的预测精度优于其它方法． 相似文献
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Massimo Fracassini Laura E. Pasinetti Fracassini Antonio L. Pasinetti 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1988,146(2):321-331
The Anthropic Principle, a new trend of modern cosmology, claims that the origin of life and the development of intelligent beings on the Earth is the result of highly selective biological processes, strictly tuned in the fundamental physical characteristics of the Universe. This principle could account for the failure of some programs of search for extraterrestrial intelligences (SETI) and suggests the search for strict solar analogs as a primary target for SETI strategies. In this connection, we have selected 22 solar analogs and discussed their choice. 相似文献
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基于Lomb算法的非等间距VLBI观测资料频谱分析研究 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
研究非等间距采样频谱分析中所发生的虚假信号问题．利用Lomb非等间距频谱分析方法对准多周期采样的模拟资料和VLBI实测资料进行频谱分析,得出了准多周期采样会产生虚假谱峰的结论．通过对频谱特征的分析,给出了虚假谱峰的位置分布的经验公式并从统计学角度证明了该公式．利用该公式可以确认准多周期采样频谱分析中的虚假谱峰位置,同时对公式的具体应用进行了讨论．其结论是基于VLBI的观测资料采样特征得到的,但同样适用于一般的准多周期采样资料的频谱分析． 相似文献
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Robert A. Freitas 《Icarus》1983,55(2):337-343
This paper discusses observational considerations in a search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) program to detect extraterrestrial messenger probes in the solar system. Observable artifacts will most likely be found in a search space consisting of geocentric, selenocentric, Earth-Moon libration, and Earth-Moon halo orbits, which may be searched to a limiting artifact size of 1–10 m (pv = 0.1) using existing or foreseeable instrumentation. 相似文献
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阐述地外生命搜索的意义，手段和现状，地外生命搜索的SETI计划及其发展，并着重介绍太阳系外的行星系统的发现，它的目的，成果以及未来。太阳系外的行星系统的发展是当代天文学最时髦的，也将是未来21世纪成果最丰富的研究领域之一，从1992年第一个确认了脉冲星PSR 1257＋12的行星系统以来，1995年确认主序星51Peg有一颗行星，至2001年5月，已经发现了60个太阳系外的行星系统，太阳系外的行星系统的发现与地外生命搜索研究是密不可分的，新的发现也提出了很多新的谜，这项研究近10年来发展很快，它的研究也促进了航天学，宇宙化学，天文生物学乃至哲学等其他学科的发展。 相似文献
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Michael Hippke 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2018,39(6):73
It has recently been argued from a laser engineering point of view that there are only a few magic colors for optical SETI. These are primarily the Nd:YAG line at \(1{,}064\,\hbox {nm}\) and its second harmonic (532.1 nm). Next best choices would be the sum frequency and/or second harmonic generation of Nd:YAG and Nd:YLF laser lines, 393.8 nm (near Fraunhofer CaK), 656.5 nm (\(\hbox {H}\alpha \)) and 589.1 nm (NaD2). In this paper, we examine the interstellar extinction, atmospheric transparency and scintillation, as well as noise conditions for these laser lines. For strong signals, we find that optical wavelengths are optimal for distances \(d\lesssim \,\hbox {kpc}\). Nd:YAG at \(\lambda =1{,}064\,\hbox {nm}\) is a similarly good choice, within a factor of two, under most conditions and out to \(d\lesssim 3\,\hbox {kpc}\). For weaker transmitters, where the signal-to-noise ratio with respect to the blended host star is relevant, the optimal wavelength depends on the background source, such as the stellar type. Fraunhofer spectral lines, while providing lower stellar background noise, are irrelevant in most use cases, as they are overpowered by other factors. Laser-pushed spaceflight concepts, such as “Breakthrough Starshot”, would produce brighter and tighter beams than ever assumed for OSETI. Such beamers would appear as naked eye stars out to kpc distances. If laser physics has already matured and converged on the most efficient technology, the laser line of choice for a given scenario (e.g., Nd:YAG for strong signals) can be observed with a narrow filter to dramatically reduce background noise, allowing for large field-of-view observations in fast surveys. 相似文献
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It is assumed that the density of sites of technical civilizations emitting suitable signals (whether purposeful or unintentional) is proportional to the stellar density at any location in our Galaxy, as modeled by Bahcall and Soneira (1980, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser.44, 73–110). A wide variety of possible radio luminosity functionsφ(L)for these civilizations is then assumed and for each the number of detectable signals per square degree over the sky is calculated. It has been found that most detectable signals occur at galactic latitudes of 10° or less and longitudes within 90° of the galactic center, a region which covers only 9% of the entire sky. This result holds for a wide range ofφ(L) types, including Gaussian distributions and power law functions with slopes less than 2.5, or any combination of these. The Milky Way is much less preffered, but still advantageous, for cases of steep power law functions (slopes greater than 2.5) or Gaussian functions with mean luminosities so low that any existing civilizations can only be detected at small distances(<0.5 kpc). The only cases where low galactic latitudes are not advantageous are (1) for frequencies of operation less than 600 MHz where the deleterious effects on signal-to-noise ratios of the natural galactic background emission become dominant, and (2) in searches for narrowband(<1 Hz) signals at frequencies less than 2 GHz where significant interstellar broadening of signals occurs over distances of? 10 kpc. Furthermore, all of the above results have broader applicability: they are equally valid for searches for any type of natural radio phenomenon if its probability of occurence is proportional to stellar density. Therefore, for a nontargeted search, a Milky Way strategy which concentrates on the inner galactic plane is preferred. The factor of 10 in time saved over an all-sky survey can then be used for, say, increased sensitivity or a survey of nearby galaxies. For a targeted search, rather than searching the nearestn solar-like stars, time is more profitably spent, for example, on the very nearest0.1n stars plus the next nearest0.9n stars which are also within 10° of the galactic plane. This picks up the Milky Way background while only sacrificing a factor of 2 in the average distance to the target stars. 相似文献
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射电天文信号非常微弱,电磁环境对射电望远镜观测至关重要,通常可以利用地形、建立无线电宁静区、进行电磁屏蔽与防护等手段来减小电磁干扰.然而,仍有一些干扰难以屏蔽.故提出了一种基于自适应滤波的干扰消除方法,可用于复杂噪声环境中天文信号的提取.该方法借助自适应横向滤波器,采用最小均方(Least Mean Square, LMS)误差算法,以系统误差和收敛性为评判标准,通过改变步长与阶数对滤波效果进行优化,仿真结果显示该滤波器能在保证算法收敛的前提下有效提取信号.为了检验该算法的有效性,选取了新疆天文台南山26 m射电望远镜和Parkes 64 m射电望远镜记录的观测数据,采用设计的滤波器分别对不同的实测数据进行测试,验证了该滤波器的有效性.理论分析与实验结果一致表明该方法能有效消除天文观测中的干扰信号,具有一定的实用性. 相似文献
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《Meteoritics & planetary science》2014,49(11):i-i
Fragments of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall collected by NASA Ames and SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens in the evening of Tuesday April 24, 2012, two days after the fall, before rain hit the area. Given the number SM2, these fragments were found in Henningsen‐Lotus Park (38.8029 N, 120.9085 E), one of 78 reported fi nds from this fall. Photo: NASA/Eric James.. 相似文献
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Photographs in the vicinity of the Earth-Moon triangular libration points L4 and L5, and of the solar-synchronized positions in the associated halo orbits (A. A. Kamel, 1969, Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University), were made during August–September 1979, using the 30-in Cassegrain telescope at Leuschner Observatory, Lafayette, California. An effective 2° square field was covered at each position. No discrete objects, either natural or artificial, were found. The detection limit was about 14th magnitude. The present work extends traditional SETI observations to include the search for interstellar probes (R. A. Freitas, Jr., 1980a, J. Brit. Interplanet. Soc.33, 95–100). 相似文献
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N.M. Kostogryz M. Kürster T.M. Yakobchuk Y. Lyubchik M.K. Kuznetsov 《Astronomische Nachrichten》2013,334(7):648-660
In this paper, we develop a spectral differential technique with which the dynamical mass of low‐mass companions can be found. This method aims at discovering close companions to late‐type stars by removing the stellar spectrum through a subtraction of spectra obtained at different orbital phases and discovering the companion spectrum in the difference spectrum in which the companion lines appear twice (positive and negative signal). The resulting radial velocity difference of these two signals provides the true mass of the companion, if the orbital solution for the radial velocities of the primary is known. We select the CO line region in the K band for our study, because it provides a favourable star‐to‐companion brightness ratio for our test case GJ 1046, an M2V dwarf with a low‐mass companion that most likely is a brown dwarf. Furthermore, these lines remain largely unblended in the difference spectrum so that the radial velocity amplitude of the companion can be measured directly. Only if the companion rotates rapidly and has a small radial velocity due to a high mass, does blending occur for all lines so that our approach fails. We also consider activity of the host star, and show that the companion difference flux can be expected to have larger amplitude than the residual signal from the active star so that stellar activity does not inhibit the determination of the companion mass. In addition to determining the companion mass, we restore the single companion spectrum from the difference spectrum using singular value decomposition. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) 相似文献
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太阳系探索和地外生命搜索 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
综述了国际上进行太阳系空间探测的现状，着重介绍了探测月球，火星，不星和外行星的意义，目的，手段和成就，择要介绍了美国宇般局，欧洲空间局，俄罗斯和日本近年来和下世纪初的空间计划，论及地外生命搜索，主要介绍了火星上水和生命搜索进展，地外生命搜索的的SETI计划及其发民菜，物理学家与生物学家有关搜索成功的可能性的争论，以及太阳系外行星系统的发现，太阳系外行星系统的发现是当代天文学最时髦的，也将是未来21世纪成果最丰富的研究领域之一，目前，已经发现了大约50个太阳系外行星系统，太阳系外行星系统的发现与地外生命搜索研究是密不可分的，这项研究近20年来发展较快，它的研究也促进了航天学，宇宙化学，天文生物学乃至哲学等其化学科的发展。 相似文献
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Sohan Jheeta 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2013,348(1):1-10
This paper seeks to review the likelihood of unearthing evidence of the existence of life elsewhere in the Universe. Although it has been demonstrated that life can thrive in the severest of conditions on Earth, detecting its presence in similarly habitable zones elsewhere is proving to be an extremely complex issue. There are many reasons for this, the major ones being that the distances involved are vast; the low potential signal to noise ratio, spatial and spectral resolutions arising from planets with biospheres; and biosignals themselves can be misleading. New telescopes with improved technology are on the horizon which will extend our capabilities, but it is still doubtful that any exploration could venture beyond the borders of our galaxy. Moreover, caution needs to be exercised when assessing the signals emitted by biomarkers as these could be produced abiotically. However, if the focus of the search should be concentrated around the area of M dwarf stars then, as we begin to understand the nature of habitable zones, our chances of eventually achieving our goals will be enhanced. 相似文献