Mathematical SETI Statistics, Signal Processing, Space Missions Claudio Maccone Mathematical SETI Statistics, Signal Processing, Space Missions Published in association with Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK Dr. Claudio Maccone International Academy of Astronautics and Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Via Martorelli 43 - 10155 Torino (Turin) Italy Email:
[email protected] Front cover: (Upper right) Some of the 42 six-meter dishes now making up the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) at Hot Creek Radio Observatory in northern California, U.S.A. (courtesy: SETI Institute). (Lower left) Artist concept of the 500-meter Arecibo-like FAST radiotelescope, now under construction in Guizhou Province, southwest China (courtesy: Professor Rendong Nan). SPRINGER–PRAXIS BOOKS IN ASTRONOMY AND PLANETARY SCIENCES SUBJECT ADVISORY EDITOR: John Mason, M.B.E., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. ISBN 978-3-642-27436-7 e-ISBN 978-3-642-27437-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-27437-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011944195 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc.