Current and Nascent SETI Instruments in the Radio and Optical
Abstract
Here we describe our ongoing efforts to develop high-performance and sensitive instrumentation for use in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI). These efforts include our recently deployed Search for Extraterrestrial Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations Spectrometer (SERENDIP V.v) and two instruments currently under development; the Heterogeneous Radio SETI Spectrometer (HRSS) for SETI observations in the radio spectrum and the Optical SETI Fast Photometer (OSFP) for SETI observations in the optical band. We will discuss the basic SERENDIP V.v instrument design and initial analysis methodology, along with instrument architectures and observation strategies for OSFP and HRSS. In addition, we will demonstrate how these instruments may be built using low-cost, modular components and programmed and operated by students using common languages, e.g. ANSI C.
Additional Information
The Berkeley SETI projects are funded by grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation, and by donations from the friends of SETI@home. We acknowledge generous donations of technical equipment and tools from Xilinx, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard and Sun Microsystems. Facilities: Arecibo, Leuschner.Attached Files
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Additional details
- Alternative title
- Current and Nascent SETI Instruments
- Eprint ID
- 78730
- DOI
- 10.48550/arXiv.1109.1136
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20170630-123930054
- NASA
- NSF
- Friends of SETI@home
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2017-06-30Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2023-06-02Created from EPrint's last_modified field