Multipurpose Spectrometer Instrumentation for SETI and Radio Astronomy

这是一个为SETI和射电天文学应用设计和建造模块化通用光谱仪的计划。 该仪器将主要用于在NSF的阿雷西博天文台进行多波束SETI和天文观测。 研究人员正在与几个射电天文学小组密切合作，这些小组将在其他传统射电天文学应用中使用该仪器和/或其技术。 光谱仪是一个20亿通道的仪器，被称为“SERENDIP V”。 SERENDIP V系统包括任何其他仪器都没有的新功能。SERENDIP V的设计是与一个七光束接收器系统一起工作，该系统将于2003年安装在阿雷西博望远镜上。SERENDIP V系统将以双偏振方式同时分析所有光束的信号，有效地同时观测天空中的七个点。 该仪器将用于进行SETI、HI、连续偏振和分散脉冲勘测，同时还将使用多波束接收器对银道面进行大规模脉冲星勘测。

This is a program to design and build a modular general-purpose spectrometer for SETI and radio astronomy applications. The instrument will mainly be used to conduct multibeam SETI and astronomical observations at NSF's Arecibo Observatory. The investigators are working closely with several radio astronomy groups who will use the instrument and/or its technology in other traditional radio astronomy applications. The spectrometer is a two billion channel instrument, dubbed "SERENDIP V". The SERENDIP V system includes new capabilities not found in any other instrument. SERENDIP V is designed to operate in conjunction with a seven-beam receiver system which will be installed at the Arecibo telescope in 2003. The SERENDIP V system will analyze signals from all beams simultaneously in dual polarization, effectively observing seven points on the sky simultaneously. This instrument will be used to perform SETI, HI, continuum polarization, and dispersed pulse surveys concurrently with a large-scale pulsar survey of the galactic plane that is to be performed using the multibeam receiver.