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Cost-conscious extraterrestrial civilizations may build interstellar beacons with unique transmission strategies. Future Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) efforts should adapt to detect these intermittent, rapidly scanning signals.

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Area of Science:

Astrobiology
Astronomy
Signal Processing

Background:

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) traditionally assumes specific transmitter designs.
Previous work explored cost-optimal interstellar beacon construction for a fixed far-field power density.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the characteristics of hypothetical SETI beacon transmitters built by cost-conscious extraterrestrial civilizations.
To propose new search strategies for detecting such beacons.

Main Methods:

Analysis of economic pressures on extraterrestrial beacon builders.
Consideration of factors like cost, spectral lines near 1 GHz, and interstellar scintillation.
Modeling of rapid scanning transmission strategies across the galactic plane.

Main Results:

Cost and physical constraints favor transmission frequencies above the traditional "water hole".
Optimal strategies involve rapid scans of the galactic plane, resulting in infrequent, intermittent pulses.
Beacons from advanced, wealthy societies may differ significantly from current SETI targets.

Conclusions:

Future SETI searches require new strategies to detect intermittent, rapidly scanning beacons.
Special attention should be given to areas along the galactic disk with previously detected but non-recurring signals.
A new beacon test based on the Life Plane hypotheses is proposed.