The goal of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is the detection of non-human technosignatures, such as technology-produced emission in radio observations. While many have speculated about the character of such technosignatures, radio SETI fundamentally involves searching for signals that not only have never been detected, but also have a vast range of potential morphologies. Given that we have not yet detected a radio SETI signal, we must make assumptions about their form to develop search algorithms. The lack of positive detections also makes it difficult to test these algorithms' inherent efficacy. To address these challenges, we present Setigen, a Python-based, open-source library for heuristic-based signal synthesis and injection for both spectrograms (dynamic spectra) and raw voltage data. Setigen facilitates the production of synthetic radio observations, interfaces with standard data products used extensively by the Breakthrough Listen project (BL), and focuses on providing a physically-motivated synthesis framework compatible with real observational data and associated search methods. We discuss the core routines of Setigen and present existing and future use cases in the development and evaluation of SETI search algorithms.
LoFreq-SETI: A Low-Frequency Technosignature Search Pipeline for the LWA Swarm
University of New Mexico(新墨西哥大学);University of Washington(华盛顿大学);SETI Institute(SETI研究所);Berkeley SETI Research Center, University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校伯克利SETI研究中心);National Radio Astronomy Observatory(国家射电天文台)
SETI's blind spot: Technological Acceleration and fleeting technosignatures
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Oxford Road, Alan Turing Building, University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学天体物理学约德尔银行中心物理与天文系)
A deep-learning search for technosignatures of 820 nearby stars
University of Toronto(多伦多大学);Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics(邓拉普天文与天体物理研究所);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);SETI Institute(搜寻地外文明研究所);The University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学);University of Malta(马耳他大学)
Millimetre/Sub-Millimetre SETI: Expanding the Radio Technosignature Parameter Space with ALMA2040
University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学);Leiden University(莱顿大学);University of Malta(马耳他大学);SETI Institute(SETI研究所);University of Oxford(牛津大学);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);University of New Mexico(新墨西哥大学);National Radio Astronomy Observatory(美国国家射电天文台)
A Deep SETI Search for Technosignatures in the TRAPPIST-1 System with FAST
College of Computer and Information Engineering, Dezhou University(德州学院计算机与信息工程学院);Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学天文与前沿科学研究院);School of Mathematics and Big Data, Dezhou University(德州学院数学与大数据学院);School of Physics and Astronomy, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学物理与天文学院);Institute for Astronomical Science, Dezhou University(德州学院天体科学学院)
Breakthrough Listen's Automated Commensal Technosignature Survey with MeerKAT
University of Oxford(牛津大学);Berkeley SETI Research Center, University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校伯克利SETI研究中心);SETI Institute(SETI研究所);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico(新墨西哥大学物理与天文学系);LPC2E, OSUC, Univ Orleans, CNRS, CNES, Observatoire de Paris(奥尔良大学、CNRS、CNES、巴黎天文台 LPC2E 联合实验室);South African Radio Astronomy Observatory(南非射电天文观测站)
Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence with the SKA
SETI Institute(SETI研究所);University of New Mexico(新墨西哥大学);Berkeley SETI Research Center(伯克利SETI研究中心);Trinity College Dublin(都柏林三一学院);University of Oxford(牛津大学);University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学);SKA Observatory(平方公里阵列射电望远镜天文台);The University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学);ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy(荷兰射电天文研究所);Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterda(阿姆斯特丹大学安东·潘内库克天文学研究所);Observatoire de Paris(巴黎天文台)
First Lunar Farside SETI Observations for Periodic Signals with the Low-frequency Radio Spectrometer of Chang'E-4 Mission
Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学天文与前沿科学研究院);School of Physics and Astronomy, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学物理与天文学院);Institute for Astronomical Science, Dezhou University(德州大学天理研究所);College of Computer and Information, Dezhou University(德州大学计算机与信息学院);Institute for Astrophysics, Zhengzhou University(郑州大学天体物理研究所)
Simulating the Stellar Bycatch: Constraining the Prevalence of Extraterrestrial Transmitters within Radio SETI Surveys
University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学);University of Oxford(牛津大学);SETI Institute(SETI研究所);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);University of Malta(马耳他大学);Leiden University(莱顿大学)
A Wavelet-Integrated Search Pipeline for Narrowband Technosignatures in FAST Observations of 33 Exoplanet Systems
Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学前沿天文与天体物理研究所);Institute for Astrophysics, School of Physics, Zhengzhou University(郑州大学物理学院天体物理研究所);International College of Zhengzhou University(郑州大学国际教育学院);Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学天文系);School of Computer and Artificial Intelligence, Zhengzhou University(郑州大学计算机与人工智能学院)
Dual-Backend Multibeam Position Switching Targeted SETI Observations toward Nearby Active Planet-Hosting Systems with FAST
Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学前沿天文与天体物理研究所);School of Physics and Astronomy, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学物理与天文学院);Institute for Astronomical Science, Dezhou University(德州大学天文学研究所);College of Computer and Information, Dezhou University(德州大学计算机与信息学院);National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台)
The Search for Technosignatures: a Review of Possibilities
Vrije Universiteit Brussel(布鲁塞尔自由大学);Blue Marble Space(蓝色大理石空间研究所);S.E.T.I. Institute(SETI研究所);University of Rochester(罗切斯特大学);Jet Propulsion Laboratory(喷气推进实验室);Carleton University(卡尔顿大学);SETI Post-Detection Hub(SETI后检测中心);Baruch College, City University of New York(纽约市立大学巴鲁克学院);University of Bamberg(班贝格大学);Physical Research Laboratory(物理研究实验室);Institute for Basic Science(基础科学研究所)
A Search for Radio Technosignatures from Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS with the Allen Telescope Array
SETI Institute(SETI研究所);Berkeley SETI Research Center(伯克利SETI研究中心);Furman University(福尔曼大学);Breakthrough Listen, University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校突破聆听计划);University of Oxford(牛津大学);Department of Astronomy and the DiRAC Institute, University of Washington(华盛顿大学天文学系及DiRAC研究所);University of Central Arkansas(阿肯色中央大学)
Towards a GPU-Accelerated Real-Time Imaging Pipeline for SETI at the Allen Telescope Array
SETI Institute(SETI研究所);Steward Observatory, University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台);Breakthrough Listen, University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校突破聆听计划);Berkeley SETI Research Center, UC Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校伯克利SETI研究中心)