TIMING DATA COMMUNICATION WITH NEUTRINOS - A NEW APPROACH TO SETI

We examine the limitations imposed by physical principles upon the tra nsmission of timing data over interstellar distances. We also identify a unique pair of fundamental processes that can be used for the trans mission of timing marker pulses as narrow as 10(-21) sec over Galactic scale distances, using neutrinos. Assuming a requirement for clock sy nchronization at remote points in space, it is shown that the presence of chaos in the motion of astronomical bodies implies a requirement f or timing synchronization pulses, no matter what future advancements i n time keeping may occur. We then argue that an advanced civilization in the Galaxy may already be using this technology and, further, that the next generation of neutrino telescopes being built may have the ca pability of detecting these neutrino signals.