[Kennon] Galactic Neutrino Communication and SETI

[David Sanders]

From 7:30 - 8:30 PM in Lewis Hall 101 on April 13th the Physics department will present a public lecture: Galactic Neutrino Communication and SETI

On April 13, 2010 in Lewis Hall Room 101 from 7:30 - 8:30 PM, Sandip Pakvasa from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Hawaii will give a public lecture titled 'Galactic Neutrino Communication and SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence).' He will discuss some ideas in the use of neutrinos in communication across the galaxy by advanced civilizations and how we may intercept these signals and discern their presence. He will also discuss a proposal to employ neutrinos to modulate the periods of Cepheid variable stars and use them as beacons as a sort of a galactic semaphore. Previous schemes for detecting ETI have involved electromagnetic radiation while we propose alternatives. The philosophy of searching here is to employ any and all possible methods to search for ETI communication and in particular the ones we suggest require only the examination of already existing data or data soon to be forthcoming.
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