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Optimum Search Strategy for Randomly Distributed CW Transmitters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Samuel Gulkis
Samuel Gulkis*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109

Abstract

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The relative probability of detecting randomly distributed CW transmitters as a function of the fraction of the sky which is searched (in a fixed time interval) is given. It is shown that the probability of detecting such a class of transmitters with a given receiving system is a maximum if the entire sky is searched, provided that the receiving system is sufficiently sensitive to detect the nearest transmitter in the allocated time and that the integration time - bandwidth product in a specified direction is greater than 8.

Information

Type
Section VI. Technological Progress in Radio Searches
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 112: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments , 1985 , pp. 411 - 417
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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