3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
An unresolved extreme warm infrared excess toward a nearby low-mass star
Sahin Torlakcik
Gaia DR3 2981818948336660224 is a nearby low-mass star with a substantial warm mid-infrared excess. Identified in a Gaia-2MASS-WISE search, it lies at approximately 127 pc and has…
astro-ph.SR2026
Stellar J-Harvesting: a novel angular momentum technosignature and first search in the Kepler field
Sahin Torlakcik
We introduce Stellar J-Harvesting (SJH), a technosignature in which an engineered system extracts rotational angular momentum from a star. Unlike a classical Dyson sphere, such a s…
astro-ph.IM2026
Where Not to Look: A Parametric Avoidance Model for SETI Target Selection
Sahin Torlakcik
We present a simple, rule-based filter for SETI target selection that flags stars unlikely to host complex life and produces an audit-ready exclusion catalog. Using seven stellar p…