We welcome back Professor Abel Mendez from the University of Puerto Rico to tell us about recent research into data from the Arecibo radio telescope focused on cold hydrogen clouds and a proposed natural explanation for the Big Ear Wow! Signal that we covered in depth in Episode 19.
We recommend you download the draft paper so you can follow along.
Links:Arecibo Wow! I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow! Signal
Our episode (#19) with Big Ear scientist Bob Dixon
A previous appearance by Abel Mendez on this podcast.
Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico
The Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapse
Astrophysical MASERs (microwave lasers)
Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Masers
Population Inversion (Wikipedia)
MASERs, Interstellar and Circumstellar, Theory.
CreditsHost, editor, producer: Paul Carr
Music: Quincas Moreira (Black Swan), George Hrab (Far), Jason Robinson
Episode 50 of the Wow! Signal Podcast by Paul Carr is licensed under CC BY 4.0
