Optical SETI with Air Cerenkov Telescopes
| dc.creator | Eichler, David | |
| dc.creator | Beskin, Gregory | |
| dc.date | 2001-11-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:01:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:01:12Z | |
| dc.description | We propose using large Air Cerenkov Telescopes (ACT's) to search for optical, pulsed signals from extra-terrestrial intelligence. Such dishes collect tens of photons from a nanosecond-scale pulse of isotropic equivalent power of tens of solar luminosities at a distance of 100 pc. The field of view for giant ACT's can be on the order of ten square degrees, and they will be able to monitor 10 to 10$^2$ stars simultaneously for nanosecond pulses of about 6th mag or brighter. Using the Earth's diameter as a baseline, orbital motion of the planet could be detected by timing the pulse arrival times. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0111081 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0111081 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/3664 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Optical SETI with Air Cerenkov Telescopes | |
| dc.type | text |