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Title: A proposal for enhancing technosignature search toward the Galactic center

Authors: Naoki Seto
Abstract: We discuss the possibility of enhancing intelligent life searches toward the Galactic center. From the clockwork orbital motions of stars around the Sgr A${}^*$ black hole, we can determine the distance to the Galactic center at an exceptional accuracy, despite its remoteness $\sim 8.3$kpc. In addition, we can define precise reference epochs by selecting a prominent object such as the bright B-type star S2. These properties have a particular affinity for the coordinated signaling scheme which was hypothesized by Seto (2019) for systematically connecting intentional senders to searchers without a prior communication. If S2 is actually being used as a common reference clock, we can compress the search directions around the Galactic center by more than two orders of magnitude, with the scanning interval of $\sim16$yr.
Comments: 7 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.00840 [astro-ph.IM]
  (or arXiv:2404.00840v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)

Submission history

From: Naoki Seto [view email]
[v1] Mon, 1 Apr 2024 00:38:52 GMT (181kb)

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