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dc.contributor.authorEnriquez, J.
dc.contributor.authorSiemion, A.
dc.contributor.authorFoster, G.
dc.contributor.authorGajjar, V.
dc.contributor.authorHellbourg, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorHickish, J.
dc.contributor.authorIsaacson, H.
dc.contributor.authorPrice, D.
dc.contributor.authorCroft, S.
dc.contributor.authorDeBoer, D.
dc.contributor.authorothers
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-19T04:14:23Z
dc.date.available2019-02-19T04:14:23Z
dc.date.created2019-02-19T03:58:30Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationEnriquez, 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.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73691
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/1538-4357/aa8d1b
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishing
dc.titleThe breakthrough listen search for intelligent life: 1.1–1.9 GHz observations of 692 nearby stars
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume849
dcterms.source.startPage104
dcterms.source.endPage104
dcterms.source.titleThe Astrophysical Journal
curtin.departmentSchool of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Science (EECMS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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