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    The breakthrough listen search for intelligent life: 1.1–1.9 GHz observations of 692 nearby stars

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    Authors
    Enriquez, J.
    Siemion, A.
    Foster, G.
    Gajjar, V.
    Hellbourg, Gregory
    Hickish, J.
    Isaacson, H.
    Price, D.
    Croft, S.
    DeBoer, D.
    others
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Enriquez, J. and Siemion, A. and Foster, G. and Gajjar, V. and Hellbourg, G. and Hickish, J. and Isaacson, H. et al. 2017. The breakthrough listen search for intelligent life: 1.1–1.9 GHz observations of 692 nearby stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 849: pp. 104-104.
    Source Title
    The Astrophysical Journal
    DOI
    10.3847/1538-4357/aa8d1b
    School
    School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Science (EECMS)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73691
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We report on a search for engineered signals from a sample of 692 nearby stars using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, undertaken as part of the Breakthrough Listen Initiative search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Observations were made over 1.1−1.9 GHz (L band), with three sets of five-minute observations of the 692 primary targets, interspersed with five-minute observations of secondary targets. By comparing the “ON” and “OFF” observations we are able to identify terrestrial interference and place limits on the presence of engineered signals from putative extraterrestrial civilizations inhabiting the environs of the target stars. During the analysis, eleven events passed our thresholding algorithm, but a detailed analysis of their properties indicates they are consistent with known examples of anthropogenic radio frequency interference. We conclude that, at the time of our observations, none of the observed systems host high-duty-cycle radio transmitters emitting between 1.1 and 1.9 GHz with an Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power of ∼ 1013 W, which is readily achievable by our own civilization. Our results suggest that fewer than ∼ 0.1% of the stellar systems within 50 pc possess the type of transmitters searched in this survey.

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