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DTSTART:20151112T213000Z
DTEND:20151112T110000Z
DTSTAMP:20240329T102712Z
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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall\, Talk starts at 3:45 PM
SUMMARY:The Kepler Cluster Study: Planets and Gyrochronology\, Astrono
my Colloquium\, Soren Miebom\, Harvard CfA
DESCRIPTION:The precise time-domain observations from NASA's Kepler mi
ssion have lead to a breakthrough in the search for exoplanets in star
clusters and have begun a new era in the study of stellar rotation. T
he Kepler Cluster Study (KeCS) was implemented as part of the Kepler m
ission to search for transiting exoplanets in open star clusters and t
o study the dependencies of stellar rotation on the most fundamental s
tellar properties - age and mass. In this talk I will motivate the two
primary goals of KeCS\, present
\nour latest results\, and discus
s some of their implications for our
\nunderstanding of the format
ion and evolution of planetary systemsin star clusters\, the angular m
omentum evolution of Sun-like stars\, and for developing a new techniq
ue to determine stellar ages - gyrochronology.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3850
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