A SEARCH FOR BRIEF OPTICAL FLASHES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SETI TARGET KIC 8462852

A. U Abeysekara; S Archambault; A Archer; W Benbow; R Bird; M Buchovecky; J. H Buckley; K Byrum; J. V Cardenzana; M Cerruti; X Chen; J. L Christiansen; L Ciupik; W Cui; H. J Dickinson; J. D Eisch; M Errando; A Falcone; D. J Fegan; Q Feng; J. P Finley; H Fleischhack; P Fortin; L Fortson; A Furniss; G. H Gillanders; S Griffin; J Grube; G Gyuk; M Hütten; N Håkansson; D Hanna; J Holder; T. B Humensky; C. A Johnson; P Kaaret; P Kar; N Kelley-Hoskins; M Kertzman; D Kieda; M Krause; F Krennrich; S Kumar; M. J Lang; T. T. Y Lin; G Maier; S McArthur; A McCann; K Meagher; P Moriarty; R Mukherjee; D Nieto; S O'Brien; A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe; R. A Ong; A. N Otte; N Park; J. S Perkins; A Petrashyk; M Pohl; A Popkow; E Pueschel; J Quinn; K Ragan; G Ratliff; P. T Reynolds; G. T Richards; E Roache; M Santander; G. H Sembroski; K Shahinyan; D Staszak; I Telezhinsky; J. V Tucci; J Tyler; S Vincent; S. P Wakely; O. M Weiner; A Weinstein; D. A Williams; B Zitzer; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

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A SEARCH FOR BRIEF OPTICAL FLASHES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SETI TARGET KIC 8462852

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A SEARCH FOR BRIEF OPTICAL FLASHES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SETI TARGET KIC 8462852

A. U Abeysekara, S Archambault, A Archer, W Benbow, R Bird, M Buchovecky, J. H Buckley, K Byrum, J. V Cardenzana, M Cerruti, …

Astrophysical journal. Letters, v 818(2), pp L33-L33

18 Feb 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/818/2/L33

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astrobiology

extraterrestrial intelligence

methods: observational

stars: individual (KIC 8462852)

techniques: photometric

ABSTRACT The F-type star KIC 8462852 has recently been identified as an exceptional target for search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) observations. We describe an analysis methodology for optical SETI, which we have used to analyze 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 , is found. We also discuss the potential use of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope arrays in searching for extremely short duration optical transients in general.

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Title: A SEARCH FOR BRIEF OPTICAL FLASHES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SETI TARGET KIC 8462852
Creators: A. U Abeysekara - University of Utah
S Archambault - McGill University
A Archer - Washington University in St. Louis
W Benbow - Harvard University
R Bird - University College Dublin
M Buchovecky - University of California, Los Angeles
J. H Buckley - Washington University in St. Louis
K Byrum - Argonne National Laboratory
J. V Cardenzana - Iowa State University
M Cerruti - Harvard University
X Chen - University of Potsdam
J. L Christiansen - California Polytechnic State University
L Ciupik - Adler Planetarium
W Cui - Purdue University West Lafayette
H. J Dickinson - Iowa State University
J. D Eisch - Iowa State University
M Errando - Columbia University
A Falcone - Pennsylvania State University
D. J Fegan - University College Dublin
Q Feng - Purdue University West Lafayette
J. P Finley - Purdue University West Lafayette
H Fleischhack - DESY , Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
P Fortin - Harvard University
L Fortson - University of Minnesota
A Furniss - California State University, East Bay
G. H Gillanders - National University of Ireland, Galway
S Griffin - McGill University
J Grube - Adler Planetarium
G Gyuk - Adler Planetarium
M Hütten - DESY , Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
N Håkansson - University of Potsdam
D Hanna - McGill University
J Holder - University of Delaware
T. B Humensky - Columbia University
C. A Johnson - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
P Kaaret - University of Iowa
P Kar - University of Utah
N Kelley-Hoskins - DESY , Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
M Kertzman - DePauw University
D Kieda - University of Utah
M Krause - DESY , Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
F Krennrich - Iowa State University
S Kumar - University of Delaware
M. J Lang - National University of Ireland, Galway
T. T. Y Lin - McGill University
G Maier - DESY , Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
S McArthur - Purdue University West Lafayette
A McCann - McGill University
K Meagher - Georgia Institute of Technology
P Moriarty - National University of Ireland, Galway
R Mukherjee - Columbia University
D Nieto - Columbia University
S O'Brien - University College Dublin
A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe - DESY , Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
R. A Ong - University of California, Los Angeles
A. N Otte - Georgia Institute of Technology
N Park - University of Chicago
J. S Perkins - Goddard Space Flight Center
A Petrashyk - Columbia University
M Pohl - University of Potsdam
A Popkow - University of California, Los Angeles
E Pueschel - University College Dublin
J Quinn - University College Dublin
K Ragan - McGill University
G Ratliff - Adler Planetarium
P. T Reynolds - Cork Institute of Technology
G. T Richards - Georgia Institute of Technology
E Roache - Harvard University
M Santander - Columbia University
G. H Sembroski - Purdue University West Lafayette
K Shahinyan - University of Minnesota
D Staszak - McGill University
I Telezhinsky - University of Potsdam
J. V Tucci - Purdue University West Lafayette
J Tyler - McGill University
S Vincent - DESY , Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
S. P Wakely - University of Chicago
O. M Weiner - Columbia University
A Weinstein - Iowa State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
D. A Williams - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
B Zitzer - Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Details: Astrophysical journal. Letters, v 818(2), pp L33-L33
Publisher: The American Astronomical Society
Number of pages: 6
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000370444800012
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84959332103
Other Identifier: 991019201510604721

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