Breakthrough Listen Observations of 1I/'Oumuamua with the GBT

A. Siemion; D. C. Price; D. DeBoer; D. H. E. MacMahon; G. Hellbourg; H. Isaacson; J. E. Enriquez; M. Lebofsky; N. Gizani; R. S. Park

arxiv: 1801.02814 · v2 · pith:7A5PH5UMnew · submitted 2018-01-09 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP · astro-ph.IM

Breakthrough Listen Observations of 1I/'Oumuamua with the GBT

J. E. Enriquez , A. Siemion , T. J. W. Lazio , M. Lebofsky , D. H. E. MacMahon , R. S. Park , S. Croft , D. DeBoer

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N. Gizani V. Gajjar G. Hellbourg H. Isaacson D. C. Price

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We have conducted a search for radio emission consistent with an artificial source targeting 1I/'Oumuamua with the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) between 1.1 and 11.6 GHz. We searched the data for narrowband signals and found none. Given the close proximity to this interstellar object, we can place limits to putative transmitters with extremely low power (0.08 W).

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Breakthrough Listen Observations of 1I/'Oumuamua with the GBT

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