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physics.pop-ph2008★ 3 cited
Searching for Cost Optimized Interstellar Beacons
Gregory Benford, James Benford, Dominic Benford
What would SETI Beacon transmitters be like if built by civilizations with a variety of motivations, but who cared about cost? We studied in a companion paper how, for fixed power…
physics.pop-ph2008★ 1 cited
Messaging with Cost Optimized Interstellar Beacons
James Benford, Gregory Benford, Dominic Benford
This paper considers galactic scale Beacons from the point of view of expense to a builder on Earth. For fixed power density in the far field, what is the cost-optimum interstellar…