Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983buda.iafcr....t&link_type=abstract
International Astronautical Federation, International Astronautical Congress, 34th, Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 10-15, 1983. 9 p.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Project Seti, Radio Astronomy, Space Exploration, Astrophysics, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Radio Telescopes, Spectral Resolution
Scientific paper
Possible astrophysical discoveries that may be made possible by the operations of radioastronomy equipment tailored to SETI purposes are discussed. It has been suggested (Harwit, 1975) that a cosmic event can be characterized as a newly observed phenomenon if one of its parameters differs from all other known phenomena by a factor of 1000. The observable electromagnetic radiation in the Universe is five-dimensional, i.e., frequency and spatial, spectral, and temporal features, as well as polarization, which has four states. The total number of cosmic phenomena that could be detected in any one dimension is calculated to be about 400, based on the total number of known phenomena and Poisson statistics. Planned SETI observations will cover three orders of magnitude more spectral territory than previous radio astronomy coverage. Additionally, software is being developed to perform statistical analyses of previously filtered 'noise bumps' in VLA data. Repetitive or outstanding phenomena may be revealed by the statistical search.
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