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  "abstract": "In this study, we investigate the feasibility of accelerating small probes up to relativistic energies via magnetocentrifugal acceleration by pulsars. Specifically, we consider a broad range of pulsars and examine probes with radii ranging from $10$ to $1000$ nm. We show that the probes may attain Lorentz factors of up to approximately $25$. Furthermore, we investigate the detectability of such probe swarms and demonstrate that, if a highly advanced civilization deploys probes with a total mass of approximately one billion tonnes for acceleration, their collective synchrotron emission could be detectable by the FAST radio telescope at a distance of 1 kpc. The study also discusses the potential resemblance between the emission from such probe swarms and fast radio bursts (FRBs), and outlines directions for future research.",
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