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Fig. 13.1 Sensitivity of each component of the SKA to narrow-band transmitters at 15 pc, as
compared with other facilities performing SETI searches over the same band. a transmitter with an
EIRP of 2 × 10 20 erg/s (planetary radar) is detectable with all the telescope shown in figure, while
a transmitter with an EIRP of 2 × 10 17 erg/s (airport radar) is detectable only wit SKA2
Fig. 13.2 Schematic diagram of Commensal Observation on the SKA: a SETI observer employs
an independent beamforming capability to form phased array beams within the current primary
field(s) of view based on observatory meta information, and directs the unprocessed digital voltage
data for those beams to SETI signal processor
References
1. A. Siemion, Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence with the Square Kilometre Array,
Proceedings of Science
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Fig. 13.1 Sensitivity of each component of the SKA to narrow-band transmitters at 15 pc, as
compared with other facilities performing SETI searches over the same band. a transmitter with an
EIRP of 2 × 10 20 erg/s (planetary radar) is detectable with all the telescope shown in figure, while
a transmitter with an EIRP of 2 × 10 17 erg/s (airport radar) is detectable only wit SKA2
Fig. 13.2 Schematic diagram of Commensal Observation on the SKA: a SETI observer employs
an independent beamforming capability to form phased array beams within the current primary
field(s) of view based on observatory meta information, and directs the unprocessed digital voltage
data for those beams to SETI signal processor
References
1. A. Siemion, Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence with the Square Kilometre Array,
Proceedings of Science