Stellar Rotation in Kepler Data

Amy McQuillan     Tsevi Mazeh     Suzanne Aigrain
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About:
We have analyzed public data from the Kepler space mission, using an autocorrelation function (ACF) technique to measure rotation periods. This website includes our results and publications.

For further information, please contact: amy at wise.tau.ac.il

M Dwarf Sample:
Using the ACF technique we found rotation periods for 1570 main-sequence stars between 0.3 and 0.55 solar masses. The results are accessible via the links below. These currently relate to M dwarf Q1-4 only, but will be updated to include further studies.

Please cite McQuillan, Aigrain & Mazeh, 2013, MNRAS, 432, 2 if you make use of any of the M dwarf sample results on this website.


KOI Sample:
Using the ACF technique we found rotation periods for 743 of the KOIs listed on the NASA Exoplanet Archive on 22nd May 2013 (http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu). The results are accessible via the link below.

Please cite McQuillan, Mazeh & Aigrain, 2013, ApJL, 775, L11 if you make use of any of the KOI sample results on this website.


Full Kepler Rotation Sample:
Using the ACF technique we found rotation periods for 34,030 of the main sequence Kepler targets. The results are accessible via the link below.

Please cite McQuillan, Mazeh & Aigrain, accepted ApJS 2014 if you make use of any of the full catalog results on this website.