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Fundamental AcousticsLaboratories / Est. 1958

Publications

Reports, abstracts, and the public scientific record

The Laboratories publish what the record supports. Internal reports are identified by series and docket; external literature is kept separate and linked to its real source.

FAL reports are institutional records, not marketing papers. Some are open in full, some publish only an abstract, and some remain available by researcher request or in the Calder Ridge reading room. The access state is listed on each record.

The Laboratories also maintain an external reference shelf for source-backed public literature used in training, catalog review, and Night Watch context. Those links go to the original institutions or publishers.

10
Reports indexed
6
Series
2011
Oldest abstract
4
Open abstract
2
Open report
2
Reading room
2
Researcher request
Publication manifestReport cards, holdings, access statesPublication CSVRecords-office table export
Current docket

Latest public abstracts

Reading Room →
FAL-TR-26-004Open abstract

The Persistent Signal Catalog: behavioral classification of long-duration detections

Cite the report ID and docket in correspondence. Do not infer that restricted appendices are public unless the access state says so.

Custodian
Persistent Signal Catalog Office
Reviewed
2026-07-01
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FAL-TR-24-011Open abstract

FA-0447: recurrence review of the Calder Ridge carrier

Cite the report ID and docket in correspondence. Do not infer that restricted appendices are public unless the access state says so.

Custodian
Celestial and Aerial Signals Program
Reviewed
2026-05-22
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FAL-MS-24-006Open report

Coincident detection across separated stations: excluding chance and cross-talk

Cite the report ID and docket in correspondence. Do not infer that restricted appendices are public unless the access state says so.

Custodian
Methods and Statistics Office
Reviewed
2026-03-31
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Index

Institutional report catalog

External literature

Reference shelf

Source-backed public literature used by staff for comparison, training, and catalog context. These are not FAL publications.

long recordsNANOGrav

15-Year Data Set announcement

Required comparative reading for staff studying correlated low-amplitude signals over many years.

Source type
collaboration data release
Accessed
2026-07-06
Published
2023
infrasoundCTBTO

Infrasound monitoring

Reference standard for global infrasound network descriptions and array discipline.

Source type
international monitoring reference
Accessed
2026-07-06
candidate handlingNature Astronomy

A radio technosignature search towards Proxima Centauri

Used in analyst training as a model of a serious candidate that failed correctly.

Source type
peer-reviewed article
Accessed
2026-07-06
Published
2021
hydroacousticsNOAA Ocean Service

What is the Bloop?

Cited in training because explained signals and events are essential controls for unresolved entries.

Source type
government explainer
Accessed
2026-07-06
instrument longevityNASA

Voyager 1 density measurements

A public example of an aging instrument becoming more valuable as its record lengthens.

Source type
mission science article
Accessed
2026-07-06
Published
2021
coincidence analysisLIGO Caltech

Gravitational waves detected

Not acoustics, but the clearest public example of separated detectors turning a candidate into evidence.

Source type
detector announcement
Accessed
2026-07-06
Published
2016-02-11