A Search for Brief Optical Flashes Associated with the SETI Target KIC 8462852

The F-type star KIC 8462852 has recently been identified as an exceptional target for SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) observations. We describe an analysis methodology for optical SETI, which we have used to analyse nine hours of serendipitous archival observations of KIC 8462852 mad...

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Veröffentlicht in:	arXiv.org 2016-02
Hauptverfasser:	Abeysekara, A U, Archambault, S, Archer, A, Benbow, W, Bird, R, Buchovecky, M, Buckley, J H, Byrum, K, Cardenzana, J V, Cerruti, M, Chen, X, Christiansen, J L, Ciupik, L, Cui, W, Dickinson, H J, Eisch, J D, Errando, M, Falcone, A, Fegan, D J, Feng, Q, Finley, J P, Fleischhack, H, tin, P, tson, L, Furniss, A, Gillanders, G H, Griffin, S, Grube, J, Gyuk, G, Huetten, M, Hakansson, N, Hanna, D, Holder, J, Humensky, T B, Johnson, C A, Kaaret, P, Kar, P, Kelley-Hoskins, N, Kertzman, M, Kieda, D, Krause, M, Krennrich, F, Kumar, S, Lang, M J, Lin, T T Y, Maier, G, McArthur, S, McCann, A, Meagher, K, Moriarty, P, Mukherjee, R, Nieto, D, O'Brien, S, A O'Faolain de Bhroithe, Ong, R A, Otte, A N, Park, N, Perkins, J S, Petrashyk, A, Pohl, M, Popkow, A, Pueschel, E, Quinn, J, Ragan, K, Ratliff, G, Reynolds, P T, Richards, G T, Roache, E, Santander, M, Sembroski, G H, Shahinyan, K, Staszak, D, Telezhinsky, I, Tucci, J V, Tyler, J, Vincent, S, Wakely, S P, Weiner, O M, Weinstein, A, Williams, D A, Zitzer, B
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Beacons Extraterrestrial intelligence Extraterrestrial life F stars Gamma rays Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Project SETI Target recognition
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Zusammenfassung:	The F-type star KIC 8462852 has recently been identified as an exceptional target for SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) observations. We describe an analysis methodology for optical SETI, which we have used to analyse nine hours of serendipitous archival observations of KIC 8462852 made with the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory between 2009 and 2015. No evidence of pulsed optical beacons, above a pulse intensity at the Earth of approximately 1 photon per m^2, is found. We also discuss the potential use of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope arrays in searching for extremely short duration optical transients in general.
ISSN:	2331-8422
DOI:	10.48550/arxiv.1602.00987