The radio search for technosignatures in the decade 2020-2030

Abstract

Advancing the scientific frontier in the search for life in the universe requires support of searches for both biosignatures and technosignatures. A modest budgetary increment can expand the search for life in the universe from primitive to complex life and from the solar neighborhood to the entire Galaxy.

arXiv comment8 pages, 2 figures, science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics

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