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Kepler Guest Observer Programs
Cycle 1 (2009)
PROPOSAL # PI TITLE
08-KEPLER08-0003 McNamara MEASURING THE SUB-MILLIMAGNITUDE FREQUENCY SPECTRA OF PULSATING B STARS +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0004 Alonso PHOTOMETRY OF AN ECLIPSING SYSTEM WITH A WHITE DWARF COMPONENT, THE ONLY ONE KNOWN IN THE KEPLER FOV +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0005 Carini LIGHT CURVES AND MASSES OF AGN IN THE KEPLER FIELD OF VIEW +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0006 Harrison MEASURING THE MASSES AND RADII OF THE LOWER MAIN SEQUENCE: IDENTIFICATION OF NEW ECLIPSING M DWARFS +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0007 Holberg KEPLER OBSERVATIONS OF A UNIQUELY VARYING WHITE DWARF SYSTEM +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0008 Meibom DEFINING THE DEPENDENCIES OF ROTATION FOR OLD COOL STARS +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0009 Holberg PLACING KEPLER MAGNITUDES ON AN ABSOLUTE PHOTOMETRIC SCALE +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0011 Gies A SEARCH FOR COMPANIONS TO INTERMEDIATE MASS BINARY STARS +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0012 Brown STARSPOT EVOLUTION ON ACTIVE LATE-TYPE STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0013 Guzik A SEARCH FOR HYBRID GAMMA DORADUS/DELTA SCUTI PULSATING VARIABLE STARS +abstract
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08-KEPLER08-0014 Mighell A CALIBRATION STUDY OF VARIABLE STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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Cycle 2 (2010)
PROPOSAL # PI TITLE
09-KEPLER09-0001 Harrison MEASURING THE MASSES AND RADII OF THE LOWER MAIN SEQUENCE II: IDENTIFICATION OF NEW ECLIPSING M-DWARFS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0003 Sokoloski BRIGHTNESS VARIATIONS FROM THE ACCRETION DISK IN CH CYGNI +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0004 Sokoloski VARIABILITY OF AN AVERAGE SYMBIOTIC BINARY - STHA 169 +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0005 Hinkle INVESTIGATING THE ORIGIN OF LSP VARIATIONS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0008 Mighell A CALIBRATION STUDY OF VARIABLE STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD: CYCLE 2 +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0010 McNamara THE STRUCTURE AND GLOBAL PROPERTIES OF RED GIANT CLUMP STARS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0011 Jackiewicz CHARACTERIZING THE TOP OF THE RED GIANT BRANCH USING KEPLER DROP-LIST STARS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0013 Peterson ECLIPSING BINARIES IN THE OLD OPEN CLUSTER NGC 6791 +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0015 Guzik A SEARCH FOR HYBRID GAMMA DORADUS/DELTA SCUTI PULSATING VARIABLES--IMPROVING THE STATISTICS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0016 Hawley UNLOCKING NEW DISCOVERY SPACE IN THE MICRO- AND MEGA-FLARE REGIMES ON LOW MASS STARS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0018 Wehrle UNDERSTANDING BLAZAR VARIABILITY THROUGH KEPLER +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0020 Walter TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF RV TAURI AND SEMI-REGULAR VARIABLES USING KEPLER +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0021 Harrison GROUND-BASED FOLLOW-UP AND LIGHT CURVE MODELING OF ECLIPSING BINARIES TO DETERMINE LIMB DARKENING EFFECTS FOR THE KEPLER BANDPASS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0022 Guzik TRANSITION IN VARIABLE STARS: FROM SOLAR-TYPE TO GAMMA DORADUS-TYPE +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0023 Gies AN EXTENDED SEARCH FOR CIRCUMBINARY COMPANIONS OF INTERMEDIATE-MASS ECLIPSING BINARY STARS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0025 Mazeh DETECTING THE RELATIVISTIC BEAMING EFFECT IN ECLIPSING BINARIES WITH KEPLER +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0028 Ribas UNDERSTANDING M-TYPE STARS AS EXOPLANET HOSTS: CHARACTERIZING VARIABILITY AT SHORT TIMESCALES +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0029 Holberg ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION OF KEPLER USING WHITE DWARFS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0030 Di Stefano A SEARCH FOR ASTEROIDS ORBITING WHITE DWARFS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0031 Di Stefano LENSING IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0033 Still CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0035 Brown STARSPOT EVOLUTION ON ACTIVE LATE-TYPE STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD - CYCLE 2 +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0036 Still CHANDRA-SELECTED X-RAY SOURCES IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0038 Kolenberg KEPLER'S DETAILED VIEW ON THE PULSATIONS OF THE RR LYRAE PROTOTYPE AND BLAZHKO STAR RR LYR +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0039 Hussain FLUX EMERGENCE AND DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION TIMESCALES ON F-M TYPE STARS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0043 Alonso PHOTOMETRY OF AN ECLIPSING SYSTEM WITH A WHITE DWARF COMPONENT, THE ONLY ONE KNOWN IN THE KEPLER FOV +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0044 Sandquist AGE-SENSITIVE DETACHED ECLIPSING BINARIES IN OPEN STAR CLUSTERS NGC 6791 AND NGC 6819 +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0046 Garnavich HIGH METALLICITY IN CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES AND THE RISE OF SUPERNOVAE +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0050 Bower SIMULTANEOUS OPTICAL AND RADIO MONITORING OF NEARBY GALAXY NUCLEI WITH KEPLER AND THE ALLEN TELESCOPE ARRAY +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0051 Mushotzky HIGH-PRECISION KEPLER MONITORING OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0053 Saar DYNAMO PARAMETERS IN YOUNG SUNS: A KEPLER STUDY OF DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION AND ACTIVE REGION DECAY RATES IN NGC 6811 (1 GYR) AND NGC 6819 (2.5 GYR) +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0054 Prsa ULTRA-HIGH PRECISION PHOTOMETRY OF OVERCONTACT BINARY STARS: FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES AND EVOLUTION +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0056 Kawaler PHOTOMETRY OF A VARIABLE HOT SUBDWARF STAR IN NGC 6791 +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0058 Olling ASTROMETRY OF STARS & GALAXIES IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0061 Orosz HIGH-PRECISION MASSES AND RADII OF LOW-MASS ECLIPSING BINARY STARS +abstract
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09-KEPLER09-0062 Peters KEPLER OBSERVATIONS OF MASS TRANSFER ACTIVITY IN DIRECT-IMPACT ALGOL-TYPE INTERACTING BINARY SYSTEMS +abstract
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Cycle 3 (2011)

PROPOSAL # PI TITLE
10-KEPLER10-0001 Kafka STUDYING ACTIVITY CYCLES WITH KEPLER: THE STORY OF STELLAR DYNAMOS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0002 Hawley CHARACTERIZING THE COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY OF FLARES ON GKM DWARFS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0004 Harrison GROUND-BASED FOLLOW-UP AND LIGHT CURVE MODELING OF ECLIPSING BINARIES TO DETERMINE LIMB DARKENING EFFECTS FOR THE KEPLER BANDPASS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0005 Harrison EXPLORING THE FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS OF LOW MASS STARS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0006 Gies A LEGACY SURVEY FOR CIRCUMBINARY COMPANIONS OF INTERMEDIATE-MASS ECLIPSING BINARY STARS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0007 Mighell KEPLER GO CYCLE 3: IMPROVING THE MODELING OF ECLIPSING BINARIES OBSERVED BY KEPLER +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0008 Hinkle INVESTIGATING THE ORIGIN OF LSP PULSATION +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0009 Soderblom KEPLER OBSERVATIONS OF FLARES ON SOLAR-TYPE STARS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0010 Wehrle UNDERSTANDING BLAZAR VARIABILITY THROUGH KEPLER, PART 2 +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0011 Fanelli QUIESCENT GALAXIES OBSERVED WITH KEPLER +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0012 Peterson ECLIPSING BINARIES IN THE OLD OPEN CLUSTER NGC 6791 +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0013 Howell CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0014 Guzik CHARACTERIZING AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY SPECTRUM VARIABILITY IN HYBRID GAMMA DOR/DELTA SCT STARS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0015 Brown STARSPOT EVOLUTION ON ACTIVE LATE-TYPE STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD - CYCLE 3 +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0016 Alonso PHOTOMETRY OF AN ECLIPSING SYSTEM WITH A WHITE DWARF COMPONENT +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0017 Aerts DEVIATIONS FROM UNIFORM PERIOD SPACINGS OF GRAVITY MODES AS PROBES OF ROTATIONAL MIXING NEAR STELLAR CORES +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0018 Jacoby MEASURING THE BINARY FRACTION OF PLANETARY NEBULA CENTRAL STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0019 Kawaler CONTINUED PHOTOMETRY OF A VARIABLE HOT SUBDWARF STAR IN NGC 6791 +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0020 Garnavich CATCHING SUPERNOVAE IN THE ACT +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0021 Gizis PULSATIONS AND OVER-SIZED M DWARFS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0022 Hinkle STELLAR EVOLUTION IN NGC 6791 +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0023 Grindlay DASCH VARIABLES IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0024 Kinemuchi THE CURIOUS LONG TERM PHENOMENA OF C-TYPE RR LYRAE STARS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0026 Holberg ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION OF KEPLER USING WHITE DWARFS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0027 Di Stefano A SEARCH FOR ASTEROIDS ORBITING WHITE DWARFS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0028 Mushotzky HIGH-PRECISION KEPLER MONITORING OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI -- CYCLE 3 +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0029 Brown MEASUREMENT OF THE SPIN-ORBIT ALIGNMENT IN STELLAR BINARIES +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0032 Olling MILLIMAGNITUDE VARIABILITY OF GALAXIES IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0033 Montgomery USING NON-SINUSOIDAL LIGHT CURVES TO MAP THE CONVECTION ZONES OF GAMMA DORADUS VARIABLES +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0034 Kinemuchi PILOT STUDY FOR NEW VARIABLE STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0035 Peters KEPLER OBSERVATIONS OF LONG-TERM ACTIVITY IN ALGOL-TYPE INTERACTING BINARY SYSTEMS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0036 Papics CORE OVERSHOOTING AND ROTATION INSIDE MAIN-SEQUENCE B PULSATORS +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0037 Sandquist IMPROVED AGES FROM ECLIPSING BINARIES IN OPEN STAR CLUSTERS NGC 6791 AND NGC 6819 +abstract
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10-KEPLER10-0038 Liu PROBING NEUTRON STAR/BLACK HOLE ACCRETION DISKS WITH KEPLER AND SWIFT/XRT +abstract
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Cycle 4 (2012)

PROPOSAL # PI TITLE
11-KEPLER11-0001 Harrison INVESTIGATING LOW-MASS STARS: THE PERIODS OF SLOW ROTATORS AND THE LIFETIMES OF THEIR ACTIVE REGIONS, AND MODELING EVOLVING STARSPOT MORPHOLOGIES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0003 Monnier EXTREME STARSPOTS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0004 Gizis KEPLER OBSERVATIONS OF AN ULTRACOOL L DWARF +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0005 Sokoloski THE MYSTERIOUS BRIGHTNESS VARIATIONS FROM SYMBIOTIC STAR STHA 169 +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0006 Sokoloski ACCRETION-DISK FLUCTUATIONS DURING MULTIPLE STATES OF CH CYGNI +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0008 Molenda-Zakowicz THOROUGH STUDY OF THE PHOTOSPHERIC AND MAGNETIC ACTIVITY, AND THE SOLAR-LIKE OSCILLATIONS IN SELECTED X-RAY SOURCES IN THE KEPLER FIELD OF VIEW +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0009 Barclay ASTEROSEISMOLOGY OF BRIGHT SOLAR-TYPE STARS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0011 Guzik KEPLER GAMMA DORADUS AND DELTA SCUTI STARS: FILLING THE GAPS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0012 Gies ECLIPSE MAPPING OF PULSATING STARS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0013 Gies THE ROLE OF A THIRD STAR IN THE FORMATION OF CLOSE BINARIES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0014 Guzik CUSTOM APERTURE OBSERVATIONS OF THETA CYG, THE BRIGHTEST STAR OBSERVABLE BY KEPLER +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0015 Barclay SHORT PERIOD VARIABLES IDENTIFIED BY THE RAPID TEMPORAL SURVEY +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0016 Karoff REVEALING THE ROOTS OF STELLAR CYCLES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0018 McNamara SPOTTED B-STARS: EXPLORING A NEWLY DISCOVERED MAGNETIC B STAR PHENOMENON +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0019 Alonso PHOTOMETRY OF AN ECLIPSING SYSTEM WITH A WHITE DWARF COMPONENT +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0020 Tkachenko V380 CYG: A ROSETTA STONE FOR HIGH-PRECISION MODELING OF MASSIVE BINARIES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0021 Debosscher DEVIATIONS FROM UNIFORM PERIOD SPACINGS OF GRAVITY MODES AS PROBES OF ROTATIONAL MIXING NEAR STELLAR CORES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0022 Antoci SOLAR-LIKE OSCILLATIONS IN DELTA SCT STARS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0023 Ostensen PULSATIONS IN A DB WHITE DWARF +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0024 Degroote A CRITICAL TEST OF HOT B STAR SEISMOLOGY WITH KEPLER +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0025 Benedict AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ASTROMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE KEPLER FOCAL PLANE +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0027 Cash AN EXTENDED STUDY OF RV TAURI AND SEMIREGULAR VARIABLES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0028 Reed STUDYING G-MODE SUBDWARF B PULSATORS IN OPEN CLUSTERS USING KEPLER +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0030 Martin THE KEPLER VIEW ON ACTIVITY, BINARITY, HABITABILITY AND WEATHER IN LATE-M AND L DWARFS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0031 Wehrle UNDERSTANDING BLAZAR VARIABILITY THROUGH KEPLER, PART 3 +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0032 Barnes THE STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF THE MILKY WAY OVER THE PAST 5 GYR +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0033 Pinsonneault THE APOGEE-KEPLER RED GIANT PROJECT: A TREASURY FOR STELLAR POPULATION AND STELLAR PHYSICS STUDIES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0034 Soderblom FLARING G STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD: A DEEPER PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0035 Kawaler SPIN SYNCHRONIZATION AND ASTEROSEISMOLOGY OF THE SDB+DM BINARY B4 IN NGC 6791 +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0036 Sandquist PRECISION STAR AGES USING DETACHED ECLIPSING BINARIES IN THE KEPLER STAR CLUSTERS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0037 Fanelli A KEPLER GALAXY SURVEY: ESTABLISHING THE TEMPORAL BASELINE FOR EXTRAGALACTIC SYSTEMS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0038 Wood CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES IN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0039 Lovekin INVESTIGATING THE PULSATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HOT VARIABLE STARS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0041 Edelson KEPLER MONITORING OF RAPID OPTICAL VARIABILITY IN AGN - CYCLE 4 +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0042 Montgomery MAPPING THE CONVECTION ZONES OF GAMMA DORADUS AND DELTA SCUTI VARIABLES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0043 Saar EVOLUTION OF CRITICAL MAGNETIC CYCLE PARAMETERS WITH STELLAR AGE: DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION AND ACTIVE REGION DECAY RATES IN KEPLER CLUSTERS NGC 6811 (1 GYR) AND 6819 (2.5 GYR) +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0044 Papics CORE OVERSHOOTING AND ROTATION INSIDE MAIN-SEQUENCE B PULSATORS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0045 Guinan DANCING IN THE STELLAR GRAVEYARD: KEPLER ULTRA-HIGH PRECISION OBSERVATIONS OF WHITE DWARF-M DWARF BINARIES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0046 Garnavich CATCHING A SUPERNOVA IN THE ACT +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0047 Jackiewicz INFLUENCE OF TIDAL FORCES ON SOLAR-LIKE OSCILLATIONS OF RED GIANTS IN BINARY SYSTEMS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0048 Janes TESTING GYROCHRONOLOGY: KEPLER OBSERVATIONS OF COMMON PROPER MOTION PAIRS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0050 Winget KEPLER'S UNIQUE DAV +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0051 Lipscy VARIABILITY IN OH/IR STARS WITHIN THE KEPLER FIELD +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0053 Brown ACTIVITY CYCLES AND STARSPOT EVOLUTION ON LATE-TYPE STARS IN THE KEPLER FIELD (CYCLE 4) +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0056 Thompson HEARTBEAT STARS: A NEW CLASS OF BINARY SYSTEM WITH EXTREME PERIASTRON BRIGHTENINGS AND TIDALLY EXCITED MODES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0057 Olling MILLIMAGNITUDE VARIABILITY OF GALAXIES IN THE KEPLER FIELD: GOING FOR THE BREAK +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0058 Peters HOT SPOT MIGRATION AND PULSATION IN ALGOL-TYPE INTERACTING BINARIES +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0062 Orosz COMPLETING THE KEPLER SURVEY OF BRIGHT K AND M DWARFS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0063 Quintana MEASURING FLARE RATES AND ENERGIES OF LOW MASS STARS +abstract
11-KEPLER11-0064 Peterson ECLIPSING BINARIES AND THE SPATIAL EXTENT OF THE OLD OPEN CLUSTER NGC 6791 +abstract

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