Aug 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001esasp.496..281m&link_type=abstract
In: Exo-/astro-biology. Proceedings of the First European Workshop, 21 - 23 May 2001, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. Eds.: P. Ehrenfreu
Biology
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Scientific paper
During the last ten years, lots of exciting astronomical discoveries became possible because of advanced new technologies. SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) is an international program led by the SETI Institute (located in Mountain View, California, USA) and is devoted to the search for an artificial monochromatic radio signal originated by an extraterrestrial civilisation. "SETI-Italia" is the official Italian contribution to the international SETI program. It begun in 1998, when a high-resolution SERENDIP IV spectrum analyser in a 4 million channels configuration was installed at the radio telescope in Medicina, near Bologna. Already in 1999 this system was upgraded to 24 million channels. Up to now (May 2001) observations have been carried out with the SERENDIP IV system connected in a piggyback mode to the 32 m VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) dish at the Medicina station. So far, Italy is the only European country joining the venture of SETI exploration together with the USA, Australia and Argentina.
Cattani Alessandro
Cosmovici Cristiano B.
D'Amico Michele
Maccaferri Andrea
Maccaferri Giuseppe
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