Jason Wright
September 17, 2020
Zoom recording
Abstract:
In 2014 we launched the Ĝ search for extraterrestrial intelligence with funds from the Templeton Foundation to search for Dyson spheres within and beyond the Galaxy. I will review the science behind Dyson spheres and how they can be detected, and describe the Ĝ search for them in 100,000 galaxies using data from WISE. I will conclude by outlining a plan for the next phase of the Ĝ search using spatially resolved multi-band imagery of galaxies to distinguish waste heat from Dyson spheres from other sources of infrared emission in galaxies.