SETI activities in Sardinia: status and ongoing development

Paper number

IAC-17,A4,1,8,x37664

Author

Mr. Andrea Melis, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Raimondo Concu, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Delphine Perrodin, INAF, Italy

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Dr. Andrea Possenti, INAF, Italy

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Dr. Giambattista Aresu, Italy

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Dr. Marta Burgay, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Silvia Casu, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Alessandro Corongiu, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Elise Egron, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Francesca Loi, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Sara Loru, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Matteo Murgia, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Alberto Pellizzoni, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Maura Pilia, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Valentina Vacca, INAF, Italy

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Dr. Claudio Maccone, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Italy

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Dr. Pierpaolo Pari, INAF, Italy

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Dr. Maria Ilaria Lunesu, University of Cagliari, Italy

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Dr. Carlo Migoni, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Alessandro Navarrini, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Tonino Pisanu, National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy

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Mr. Alessio Trois, INAF - Istituto Nazionale di AstroFisica, Italy

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Dr. Giuseppe Valente, National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy

Year

2017

Abstract

The Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari (OAC) is part of the Italian 
National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). OAC is located in Sardinia, an  island that hosts one of the biggest European single-dish radio telescope:  the 64-m Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT). After completion of the technical  and scientific commissioning, an early science program of regular observations was fruitfully run at SRT during 2016.

In this paper we discuss the main SETI activities that are being carried out at INAF-OAC. In particular, we present the various detection algorithms (FFT, KLT, Wavelet) under development, the perspectives for the use of a Phased Array Feed for future SETI programs at SRT and, finally, the SETI team who is growing at OAC.

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