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Using Cherenkov telescopes to search for optical signals from interstellar civilizations is a clever way to exploit the vast Cherenkov mirrors and their ultrafast cameras. Such searches could be done in parallel with the telescope routine operations without hampering the gamma-ray data collection.
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Caraveo, P.A. (2021). Cherenkov Telescopes for Optical SETI. In: Montebugnoli, S., Melis, A., Antonietti, N. (eds) The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 260. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63806-1_4
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