2 papers
physics.pop-ph2020
Contact Inequality -- First Contact Will Likely Be With An Older Civilization
David Kipping, Adam Frank, Caleb Scharf
First contact with another civilization, or simply another intelligence of some kind, will likely be quite different depending on whether that intelligence is more or less advanced…
physics.pop-ph2019
The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: Exo-civilization Settlement, Expansion and Steady States
Jonathan Carroll-Nellenback, Adam Frank, Jason Wright +1
We model the settlement of the galaxy by space-faring civilizations in order to address issues related to the Fermi Paradox. We explore the problem in a way that avoids assumptions…