Published May 23, 2023 | Version Final
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A Technosignature Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Around 25 Eclipsing Exoplanets Selected from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Catalogue.

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of Southern Queensland

Contributors

  • 1. SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, US
  • 2. CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science: Perth, NSW, AU
  • 3. ICRAR, Perth, AU; UC Berkeley, CA, USA
  • 4. Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, AU

Description

Dissertation submitted at the University of Southern Queensland for the partial completion of Master of Science (Astrophysics). In this piece of work, I analyse data captured by the Breakthrough Listen Initiative using the Parkes Murriyang Radio Telescope (Australia, NSW) for narrowband (~1Hz) drifting signals (+/- 0.1 - 4.0) between frequencies of 704 - 4032 MHz inclusive. This involved the use and modification of a python-based SETI search algorithm called turboSETI, available at https://github.com/UCBerkeleySETI/turbo_seti.

This work also explores mutual detectability and Schelling points for the detection of artificial signals that may signify the presence of Extraterrestial Intelligence.

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