The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. KLT, A New Algorithm For SETI

   • Nicolò Antonietti, Pierpaolo Pari

   Pages 1-5

3. SETI and Temporal Copernicanism

   • Amedeo Balbi, Milan M. Ćirković

   Pages 7-11

4. The Newborn European Astrobiology Institute, a Big Opportunity for Outreach and Education

   • Caterina Boccato, Julie Nekola Nováková

   Pages 13-20

5. Cherenkov Telescopes for Optical SETI

   • Patrizia A. Caraveo

   Pages 21-25

6. Organics on the Rocks: A Cosmic Origin for the Seeds of Life

   • Cesare Cecchi-Pestellini

   Pages 27-34

7. COGITO in Space

   • Daniela de Paulis

   Pages 35-46

8. SETI Program at the Medicina INAF Radioastronomy Station: Past, Present, Future of PC Based Spectrometers

   • Roberto Lulli, Giuseppe Pupillo, Stelio Montebugnoli

   Pages 47-74

9. Moon Farside Protection, Moon Village and PAC (Protected Antipode Circle)

   • Claudio Maccone

   Pages 75-84

10. Exobiolab: Different Life on Different Planets

    • Sabrina Masiero, Marco Sergio Erculiani

    Pages 85-97

11. Involvement of the Sardinia Radio Telescope in the Breakthrough Listen Initiatives

    • Andrea Melis, Delphine Perrodin, Nicolò Antonietti, Marta Burgay, Raimondo Concu, Claudio Maccone et al.

    Pages 99-106

12. SETI Program at the Medicina INAF Radioastronomy Station: Past, Present, Future

    • Stelio Montebugnoli

    Pages 107-113

13. Searching for Life on Mars: A Brief Summary

    • Roberto Orosei

    Pages 115-122

14. Getting Ready for the SKA SETI

    • F. Schillirò, G. Umana

    Pages 123-126

15. SETI in Rocky Exoplanets: Narrowing the Search with Climate Models

    • Giovanni Vladilo, Laura Silva, Michele Maris, Giuseppe Murante, Paolo Simonetti

    Pages 127-135

This book presents the latest knowledge of the newly discovered Earth-like exoplanets and reviews improvements in both radio and optical SETI. A key aim is to stimulate fresh discussion on algorithms that will be of high value in this extremely complicated search. Exoplanets resembling Earth could well be able to sustain life and support the evolution of technological civilizations, but to date, all searches for such life forms have proved fruitless. The failings of SETI observations are well recognized, and a new search approach is necessary. In this book, different detection algorithms that exploit state-of-the-art, low-cost, and extremely fast multiprocessors are examined and compared. Novel methods such as the agnostic entropy and high-sensitivity blind signal extraction algorithms should represent a quantum leap forward in SETI. The book is of interest to all researchers in the field and hopefully stimulates significant progress in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

• Extrasolar Planets
• SETI Conference
• Signal Detections
• Data Acquisition
• Data Processing
• Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Detection Algorithms

• IRA, INAF, Bologna, Italy

  Stelio Montebugnoli

• Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, INAF, Selargius, Italy

  Andrea Melis

• IRA-INAF, Bologna, Italy

  Nicolò Antonietti

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