Paper · S7733
Detectability of Artificial Lights from Proxima b
Tabor and Loeb forecast detectability of hypothetical artificial illumination on Proxima b. This is not a detection. The paper acknowledges an estimated instrument noise floor ten times its predicted signal.
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- No observed lights, measured upper limit, current instrument validation, original data, code, exposure-calculator session, calibrated confidence conversion or comprehensive natural-alternative exclusion was reviewed. Photon-noise assumptions omit full systematics; the paper estimates a 10 ppm floor against a 1 ppm effect. Cited bodies and journal rendition remain unread.
- Printed blue-curve coefficient, Earth-light percentage, width/variance and illumination-definition discrepancies remain unresolved. Stanford Physics Department support for Tabor and a Breakthrough Prize Foundation grant for Loeb lack award IDs, amounts and dates; academic comments and support do not establish a government approach. The 2035 observatory goal is a historical forecast.
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Elisa Tabor, Abraham Loeb. Detectability of Artificial Lights from Proxima b. May 17, 2021. BioParity S7733. https://bioparity.io/sources/S7733Record data (JSON)