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Materia inscrita como un medio energéticamente eficiente de comunicación con una civilización extraterrestre
Christopher Rose1, Gregory Wright
1WINLAB, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA. crose@winlab.rutgers.edu
Nature
|September 3, 2004
Resumen
El envío de mensajes físicos a través de la materia inscrita es más eficiente en energía que las ondas de radio para la comunicación interestelar si la velocidad no es un factor. Esto sugiere que el primer contacto extraterrestre puede haber involucrado artefactos físicos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Astrobiología Astrobiología.
- SETI (Búsqueda de Inteligencia Extraterrestre) es la búsqueda de inteligencia extraterrestre.
- Teoría de la información La teoría de la información es la teoría de la información.
Sus antecedentes:
- La comunicación interestelar tradicionalmente se basa en las ondas electromagnéticas (ondas de radio).
- Las investigaciones anteriores priorizaron la comunicación rápida, favoreciendo la radio para los posibles intercambios bidireccionales dentro de la vida humana.
- El envío de artefactos físicos se consideraba intensivo en energía y poco práctico para las distancias interestelares.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar la eficiencia energética del envío de mensajes físicos frente a las ondas electromagnéticas para la comunicación interestelar.
- Para determinar las estrategias óptimas para contactar con civilizaciones extraterrestres, teniendo en cuenta factores más allá de la velocidad de comunicación.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis comparativo de eficiencia energética entre la materia inscrita y la transmisión de ondas electromagnéticas.
- Tener en cuenta la protección del mensaje (radiación cósmica) y la detectabilidad.
- Modelado de estrategias de mensajes de archivo a largo plazo.
Principales resultados:
- La materia inscrita es significativamente más eficiente en energía que las ondas electromagnéticas para la comunicación interestelar cuando la prisa no es una prioridad.
- Los artefactos físicos son más efectivos para mensajes largos de archivo que requieren protección y detectabilidad.
- La radiocomunicación sigue siendo viable para mensajes más cortos y sensibles al tiempo.
Conclusiones:
- La eficiencia energética de la materia inscrita desafía la suposición de que las ondas electromagnéticas son el principal medio para el contacto interestelar inicial.
- Los artefactos físicos, similares a los "mensajes en una botella", pueden ser un método más probable para el primer contacto con civilizaciones extraterrestres.
- Las futuras estrategias SETI podrían beneficiarse de considerar la transmisión de archivos físicos duraderos.
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