The Search for Extraterrestrials Intercepting Alien Signals /

In The Search for Extraterrestrials, Monte Ross explores in detail the key problems in starting a search, the programs that have failed and those that continue. He includes the fundamental considerations and the physics of the necessary laser, UV, IR and RF technologies, as well as coding and inform...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ross, Monte (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Popular Astronomy,
Subjects:
Evolution (Biology).
Solar system.
Astronomy.
Evolutionary Biology.
Space Physics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • The likelihood of extraterrestrial intelligence
  • Vast distances and long travel times
  • Stars, their evolution and types
  • Planets and our Sun
  • The many constraints on life
  • Why would anyone transmit to us?
  • The Drake Equation and habitable planets
  • The basics of space communication
  • Where to look in the electromagnetic spectrum?
  • Receiver basics and how big is big?
  • Noise and limitations on sensitivity
  • Programs in SETI
  • A brief history of SETI
  • Radio-frequency and microwave SETI, including the Allen Telescope Array
  • Early optical SETI and the all-sky Harvard system
  • Possibilities in SETI
  • The PhotonStar project
  • Key issues for SETI
  • Other parts of the spectrum, decoding the data and forming pictures
  • Future systems for intercepting alien lasers.

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