A Narrow-Band Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) using the Interstellar Contact Channel Hypothesis

DG Blair; RP Norris; ER Troup; R Twardy; KJ Wellington; AJ Williams; AE Wright; Marjan Zadnik

doi:10.1093/mnras/257.1.105

A Narrow-Band Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) using the Interstellar Contact Channel Hypothesis

DG Blair, RP Norris, ER Troup, R Twardy, KJ Wellington, AJ Williams, AE Wright, Marjan Zadnik

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We report a search for narrow spectral line emission from 176 targets (including 166 stars and seven globular clusters) at the hypothesized ‘interstellar communications channel’ frequency of 4.462336275 GHz ( = π times the neutral hydrogen line at 1.42 GHz) using the Parkes Radio telescope. The frequency was Doppler corrected for the solar barycentre, target barycentre and cosmic microwave background (CMB) reference frames. If a ‘Galactic club’ of extraterrestrial civilizations exists, then our null results, down to a 3σ limit of 2 Jy (6 Jy in CMB frame), set an upper limit of 108 yr on the lifetime of such civilizations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-109
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	257
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/257.1.105
Publication status	Published - 1992

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