A Search For Linear Alignments Of Gamma Ray Burst Sources

M. J. Harris. (1990), JBIS, 43, pp.551-555

Refcode: 1990.43.551

Abstract:

This paper presents the results of what is believed to be the first observational search for extraterrestrial intelligence at gamma ray wavelengths. An earlier paper suggested that occasional engine firings of antimatter annihilation spacecraft might mimic the behaviour of natural gamma ray burst sources (GRBs) and it was shown that the relativistic motion of the spacecraft led to the best observational methods of distinguishing them. Such motion gives rise to an apparent succession of GRBs along the line of the spacecraft trajectory, due to successive engine firings.