REVIEW 4 major objections 8 minor 101 references
The Maunder Model and Catalog: Stellar Rotation, Bimodal Activity, and Magnetic Braking in Kepler Main-Sequence Stars
T0 review · 4 major / 8 minor · reviewed 2026-08-10 · deepseek-v4-flash
Pith's one-line read The Maunder catalog shows that for Kepler main-sequence stars whose light curves carry two distinct rotation-like signals, spectroscopic v sin i measurements identify the longer period as the true rotation, implying that classical…
desk verdict A large, carefully built Kepler rotation catalog, but the headline claim that ~26,000 bimodal stars were mis-assigned rests on an inclination prior that the paper itself undermines. read the letter →
The pith
A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.
The reading
What carries the argument
The load-bearing mechanism is rolling-window inference plus adjudication by projected rotation velocity. The model predicts period quantiles on 450-day windows slid across each roughly four-year light curve with a 90-day stride; a 2-means split in $\log_{10} P$ classifies a star as bimodal when two period clusters are separated by at least 0.20 dex with a clean partition, and splits near a 2:1 ratio are set aside as harmonic aliases. For distinct bimodals, a hierarchical forward model of APOGEE $v \sin i$ — built following the Masuda–Winn approach with isotropic inclinations, a 1.5 km/s detection truncation, and a macroturbulence-plus-measurement floor calibrated on a ~2,790-star unimodal control — decides which mode is the rotation: the long mode reproduces the observed $v \sin i$ distribution, while the short mode predicts an unphysical excess of rapid rotators. The six-channel input (two flux normalizations, two activity proxies windowed by a scaffold period, plus autocorrelation and Lomb–Scargle channels) and the hybrid objective (a joint-embedding self-supervised loss on all stars combined with a conformalized quantile-regression loss on 41,650 cross-catalog consensus labels) supply the calibrated per-star intervals that make the catalog usable.
What would settle it
The most direct settlement is to measure rotation periods for a sample of distinct bimodals by an independent technique, such as high-resolution time-series spectroscopy of spot-induced line-profile variations: if a substantial fraction rotate at the short mode, the central claim fails. A cheaper calculation is to refit the $v \sin i$ noise model to the bimodal sample itself and check whether the long-mode advantage ($D = 0.10$ versus $0.48$) survives down to the control calibration residual of $0.12$.
Extended reading notes
Core claim
The central claim is that rolling-window period inference exposes a bimodality that single-pass period searches cannot see, and that the two modes are not both physical: for distinctly separated, non-harmonic bimodals (25,357 of the 31,953 bimodal stars), the longer mode is the true rotation period, and the shorter mode is an alias. The evidence is a hierarchical forward model of APOGEE $v \sin i$ distributions: assuming isotropic inclinations and a noise floor calibrated on about 2,790 unambiguous-period control stars, adopting the long mode as the rotation reproduces the observed $v \sin i$ of the 390 distinct bimodals with APOGEE data as well as the control does (KS distance 0.10 versus 0.12), while the short mode predicts a large overabundance of rapid rotators ($D = 0.48$). The paper adopts the long mode for distinct bimodals in the released catalog, flags 2:1 harmonic splits as ambiguous because $v \sin i$ cannot resolve them, and publishes both candidate modes for every star so users can revert the choice. With a confidence-interval cut the catalog yields 119,428 stars, and the paper uses it to recover the metallicity dependence of rotation at fixed mass, the jump in equatorial velocity and specific angular momentum across the Kraft break, the empirical gyrochronology sequences, and a candidate population of hierarchical triples among synchronized binaries.
Load-bearing premise
The conclusion that the long mode is the true rotation for roughly 26,000 stars rests on a single noise model for APOGEE projected rotation velocities, calibrated on 2,790 unambiguous stars and applied unchanged to 390 bimodal stars; if those two populations differ in inclination distribution, detection floor, or line-broadening behavior, the long-mode verdict is not established.
Editorial extensions
If this is right
- About 26,000 main-sequence stars with distinct bimodal signals carry rotation periods that classical single-pass periodogram analyses systematically set to a shorter alias; the catalog instead adopts the long mode.
- The confidence-filtered catalog of 119,428 stars, with calibrated per-star uncertainties, provides rotation periods for the largest Kepler main-sequence population, supporting population-level gyrochronology, spin-orbit, and magnetic-braking studies.
- At fixed stellar mass above 0.85 $M_{\odot}$, median rotation period increases monotonically with metallicity (for example from 14.0 to 21.5 days at 1.0–1.15 $M_{\odot}$), a trend opposite to the age–metallicity relation, indicating metallicity-dependent magnetic braking.
- Equatorial velocities and specific angular momenta traced directly from periods and radii rise steeply across the Kraft break, from roughly 10–20 km/s at 1.3 $M_{\odot}$ to about 100 km/s at 1.6 $M_{\odot}$.
- A regime of short rotation periods at wide orbital separations among known binaries is interpreted as hierarchical triples, with elevated astrometric noise and one confirmed triple system (KID 6525196) supporting the identification.
Reading between the lines
- The mis-assignment rate should be concentrated rather than uniform: because the paper's own spot-lifetime analysis ties bimodality to short-lived spots, earlier catalogs' fast-rotator populations made of low-coherence, low-amplitude stars are the most likely to harbor alias-contaminated periods, and a star-by-star comparison of classical periods against the long modes would show where the damage i
- The $v \sin i$ adjudication is statistical, resting on only 390 stars with APOGEE data; as larger spectroscopic surveys provide $v \sin i$ for the remaining ~25,000 distinct bimodals, the long-mode rule could gain per-star verification or reveal sub-populations, such as genuinely mode-switching stars, that violate it.
- The hierarchical-triple interpretation of the wide-orbit, short-rotation regime predicts that the short-period component is itself a close binary and that the wide companion should be visible in radial velocities; a handful of RV epochs for regime-B stars would settle the interpretation.
- Even if the $v \sin i$ adjudication were weakened, the catalog would not lose all value: the consensus-grounded periods and calibrated intervals would still support relative population comparisons, and only the period-source choice for distinct bimodals would need revisiting.
Editorial analysis
A structured set of objections, weighed in public.
Referee Report
Summary. The paper presents The Maunder, a machine-learning pipeline that predicts rotation periods for 148,746 main-sequence stars in the Kepler field. The model uses a hybrid objective: a self-supervised joint-embedding loss applied to all light curves, plus a supervised quantile-regression loss trained on cross-catalog consensus labels from four period catalogs. Rolling-window inference yields per-star period quantiles and identifies 31,953 bimodal stars (21.5%). Using APOGEE vsini and Berger et al. radii, the authors build a hierarchical forward model and argue that for distinct (non-harmonic) bimodals the longer period is the true rotation, implying that classical single-pass periodograms systematically lock onto shorter aliases for roughly 26,000 stars. A CI-based filter produces a 'highly reliable subset' of 119,428 stars, which is then used to recover gyrochronology sequences, a metallicity-rotation trend at fixed mass, equatorial velocities across the Kraft break, and candidate hierarchical triples among binaries. The paper also releases a per-star and a window-level catalog with quantiles, bimodality flags, and uncertainty diagnostics.
Significance. If the central long-mode claim holds, the paper identifies a population-level systematic error in previous rotation catalogs and provides the largest Kepler main-sequence rotation catalog with per-star calibrated uncertainties. The catalog design is thoughtful: the release of both per-star and window-level predictions, the explicit bimodality diagnostics, and the candid discussion of limitations (no direct error metric for the ambiguous majority, conformal coverage only on exchangeable stars, harmonic-aliased failures that survive the CI cut) are all strengths. However, the long-mode conclusion rests on an isotropy assumption that conflicts with the paper's own evidence that low-coherence (and hence bimodal) stars are preferentially low-inclination; this is load-bearing. The circular validation of the filtered catalog against the same catalogs that produced the training labels further limits the strength of the reliability claims. The catalog could still be a valuable resource even if the mode-adjudication claim needs revision, but the current evidence does not secure the headline result.
major comments (4)
- [Sec. 4.2 and Sec. 4.3, Fig. 9] The paper's own analysis implies that the bimodal sample violates the isotropy assumption of the vsini forward model. In Sec. 4.2, the authors argue from photometric amplitudes and planet-host fractions that low-coherence stars are preferentially low-inclination, and in Fig. 10 bimodals are shown to be disproportionately low-coherence. The forward model in Fig. 9 instead assumes cos i ~ U(0,1) for the bimodal population. If bimodals inherit a low-inclination bias, the short-mode hypothesis predicts an excess of low sini values, which the isotropic model interprets as an 'unphysical excess of rapid rotators' (D=0.48); the long mode's good fit (KSD=0.10) may then be an artifact of applying an isotropic model to a biased sample. The control calibration on N~2,790 unimodal stars does not test this, because those stars are not representative of the bimodal population. The headline claim that ~26,000 stars are mis-assigned by single-pass periodograms is therefore not secured by the presented evidence.
- [Sec. 4.3 and Appendix 7.2] The hierarchical forward model used to adjudicate the two modes is not described in enough detail to be reproduced. The text says the model follows Masuda & Winn (2020) and the appendix lists calibrated values (sigma_0 = 1.02, v_mac = 2.53, f = 0.05), but the likelihood, the prior on inclination, the treatment of the 1.5 km/s detection truncation, and the procedure for calibrating the noise parameters on the unimodal control are not given. Because this model is the sole quantitative evidence for the paper's central claim, the missing equations and algorithmic details are a load-bearing gap.
- [Sec. 4.4, Fig. 12] The reliability of the filtered subset is validated by agreement with the same catalogs that supplied the consensus training labels. The period distribution after the CI80/Prot<0.4 cut is compared with McQuillan et al. (2014) and Santos et al. (2021), both of which are among the four input catalogs used to build the labels. The held-out test set is likewise drawn from the same consensus construction, so the RMSE and coverage numbers do not provide independent evidence for the unlabeled majority. The paper correctly states in the limitations that no direct error metric exists for the ambiguous majority, but the specific claim in Sec. 4.4 that the filtered catalog 'agrees with previous catalogs' should be re-framed as a consistency check rather than independent validation.
- [Sec. 4.3, Fig. 9] The extrapolation from N=390 distinct bimodals with APOGEE vsini to all 25,357 distinct bimodals is not justified. APOGEE targets are subject to selection effects (brightness, temperature, and survey footprint), and no test is presented that the 390-star subset is representative of the full distinct-bimodal population in period, amplitude, coherence, or inclination. A selection-bias analysis or a demonstration that the long-mode preference is homogeneous across the parameter space of bimodals is needed before the population-level claim is supported.
minor comments (8)
- [Abstract] The phrase 'pointing on the role of metallicity' should be 'pointing to the role of metallicity'; the same wording appears in the main text.
- [Sec. 2.1] The definition of the consensus label is clear, but it is not stated whether the final average period is computed in linear or logarithmic space; please state this explicitly.
- [Sec. 4.1] The phrase 'they didn't use the same training labels' is informal for a journal paper; use 'they did not use'.
- [Fig. 6 caption] The term 'planet host stars' is undefined in the caption; please specify the source of the planet-host sample (e.g., confirmed/candidate Kepler planets) and the cross-match used.
- [Sec. 4.3] The harmonic-alias classification uses the threshold |Delta log10 P - log10 2| < 0.06 dex; please add a sentence justifying this tolerance.
- [Sec. 5] The catalog is stated to be 'available online upon publication'; for a catalog paper, please provide the expected archive/DOI or an anonymous access link for reviewers.
- [Sec. 4.6] The age normalization is taken from A. Sussholz et al. (2026), an arXiv preprint; please ensure the description of TAMS(M) and the YREC grid interpolation is self-contained or include a reference to the published version.
- [Throughout] There are minor typographical and formatting issues, including the missing space in 'The Maunderprovides' in the abstract and inconsistent use of 'vsini' versus 'v sin i' in equations and text.
Circularity Check
Supervised labels, RMSE reporting, and filtered-catalog validation all derive from the same consensus catalogs (including the authors' earlier catalog), so part of the accuracy and reliability argument is self-consistent by construction; the central APOGEE vsini long-mode test is external and independent.
-
fitted input called prediction
[Section 2.1 (Rotation Dataset) and Section 4.1 (Performance evaluation)]
"Supervised labels are assigned only to stars with a consensus rotation period, which we define as agreement to within 20% between at least two of the reference catalogs of A. McQuillan et al. (2014), A. R. G. Santos et al. (2021), T. Reinhold et al. (2023), and I. Kamai & H. B. Perets (2025a). The final period label is the average period over all consensus catalogs."
The 'true period' used for both supervised training and the headline RMSE (2.36 days) is defined as an average of the input catalogs, one of which is the authors' own Kamai & Perets (2025a) catalog. The held-out test RMSE therefore measures agreement with the same consensus-label construct that generated the target, not with an independent measurement of rotation period. The statement that the model is more precise than any individual catalog it learns from is partly a consequence of regressing to the average of those catalogs. The train/test split preserves some predictive content, so this is partial rather than total circularity.
-
self definitional
[Section 4.4 (Confidence intervals as a proxy to model uncertainty), Figure 12]
"Another test for confidence intervals as uncertainty is shown in Figure 12, where we compare the resulting Prot distribution with the ones from A. McQuillan et al. (2014) and A. R. G. Santos et al. (2021). ... it seems like 0.4 is a reasonable upper limit on the 80% normalized CI, keeping 119,428 (~80%) samples that agree with previous catalogs."
The 0.4 confidence-interval filter is declared reasonable because the filtered period distribution matches McQuillan et al. (2014) and Santos et al. (2021), which are exactly the catalogs used to construct the consensus training labels. The reliability claim for the 119,428-star filtered subset is therefore validated by agreement with the same inputs that trained the model. Because the filtered set also contains many unlabeled stars and the agreement is at distribution level rather than per-star, the circularity is partial, but the validation is not independent.
full rationale
The paper's central novel claim is the adjudication of distinct bimodals via APOGEE vsini: the hierarchical forward model is calibrated on a unimodal control sample and then applied to the bimodal sample, so the long-mode preference is anchored to an external spectroscopic dataset rather than to the consensus period labels. That part of the derivation is not circular, which prevents a score of 6 or higher. However, the supervised training target, the reported RMSE, and the filtered-catalog reliability assessment all reduce partly to the same consensus-catalog definition, and one of the four consensus catalogs is the authors' own prior work. The paper itself honestly notes that accuracy is only measured on the consensus subset and that conformal coverage carries no formal guarantee on the unlabeled population; those acknowledgements are in-scope and are weighed here. The skeptic's isotropy concern about the bimodal vsini test (low-coherence stars may be preferentially low-inclination, while the forward model assumes isotropic inclinations) is a substantive correctness risk but is not circularity, because the vsini comparison is an external test and the assumption is stated rather than smuggled in. Overall circularity is moderate: the catalog's internal validation is partly self-referential, but the headline long-mode result has independent empirical content.
Assumptions & free parameters
free parameters (5)
- vsini forward-model noise floor sigma_0 =
1.02 km/s
- macroturbulence broadening v_mac =
2.53 km/s
- multiplicative error f =
0.05
- CI80/Prot reliability cutoff =
0.4
- bimodality split thresholds =
separation >= 0.20 dex; minority >= 20%; silhouette > 0.60 or separation > 3x scatter
assumptions (5)
- domain assumption Cross-catalog consensus labels (agreement within 20% between at least two of the four reference catalogs) are an unbiased ground truth for rotation periods on the labeled subset.
- ad hoc to paper The vsini forward model assumes isotropic inclinations (cos i uniform) and applies the control-calibrated macroturbulence, error floor, and truncation to the bimodal population.
- domain assumption Two 450-day windows drawn from the same star are views of the same underlying rotation signal suitable for joint-embedding self-supervision, and rolling windows with 90-day stride partition the light curve into independent period estimates.
- domain assumption The model's self-supervised representation trained on all stars transfers the consensus-period mapping to the unlabeled, low-coherence majority, where no direct error metric exists.
- standard math Split conformalized quantile regression (Romano et al. 2019) gives marginally valid coverage under exchangeability.
Cite this review
Pith. "Pith review of The Maunder Model and Catalog: Stellar Rotation, Bimodal Activity, and Magnetic Braking in Kepler Main-Sequence Stars." pith.science (2026). https://pith.science/paper/KTQKE4EU
@misc{pith2026260806604,
author = {Pith},
title = {Pith review of: The Maunder Model and Catalog: Stellar Rotation, Bimodal Activity, and Magnetic Braking in Kepler Main-Sequence Stars},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://pith.science/paper/KTQKE4EU}},
note = {Machine review of arXiv:2608.06604}
}
abstract
We present The Maunder, a machine learning pipeline and resulting catalog of rotation periods for 148,746 main-sequence stars in the Kepler field. To overcome single-catalog systematics and the simulation-to-reality gap, our architecture employs a hybrid training objective: a joint-embedding self-supervised loss applied to all light curves, combined with a supervised loss trained strictly on cross-catalog consensus labels. By processing multi-scale time- and frequency-domain inputs over rolling windows, the model leverages conformalized quantile regression to output calibrated predictive intervals, providing statistically robust per-star rotation uncertainty metrics. This rolling-window inference reveals that 31,953 stars (21.5$\%$) exhibit bimodal rotational signals. By incorporating APOGEE $v \sin i$ measurements, we demonstrate that for distinct (non-harmonic) bimodals, the longer mode represents the true rotation, exposing a systematic failure mode wherein classical single-pass periodograms lock onto shorter aliases. Filtering by our calibrated confidence intervals yields a highly reliable subset of 119,428 stars. The catalog resolves various rotation-related phenomena: the metallicity dependence of rotation at fixed stellar mass, pointing on the role of metallicity in magnetic braking processes; tracing equatorial velocity and specific angular momentum directly across the Kraft break; recovery of empirical gyrochronology sequences and identification of hierarchical triple candidates among the synchronized-binary population. \emph{The Maunder} provides reliable rotation periods for the largest main-sequence population in \textit{Kepler}, allowing for population-level studies of rotation-based phenomena.
Figures
Figures from the paper (21 more)
Reference graph
Works this paper leans on
-
[1]
The relation between stellar rotation rate and activity cycle periods. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/162735 , adsurl =
-
[2]
Studies of Stellar Rotation. V. The Dependence of Rotation on Age among Solar-Type Stars. , year = 1967, month = nov, volume =. doi:10.1086/149359 , adsurl =
doi:10.1086/149359 1967
-
[3]
Angular momentum in stars - The Kraft curve revisited. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/132120 , adsurl =
-
[4]
Annales d'Astrophysique , year = 1962, month = feb, volume =
A theory of the role of magnetic activity during star formation. Annales d'Astrophysique , year = 1962, month = feb, volume =
1962
-
[5]
, year = 1967, month = apr, volume =
The Angular Momentum of the Solar Wind. , year = 1967, month = apr, volume =. doi:10.1086/149138 , adsurl =
doi:10.1086/149138 1967
-
[6]
, year = 1972, month = feb, volume =
Time Scales for Ca II Emission Decay, Rotational Braking, and Lithium Depletion. , year = 1972, month = feb, volume =. doi:10.1086/151310 , adsurl =
doi:10.1086/151310 1972
-
[7]
The Astrophysical Journal , author =
On the. The Astrophysical Journal , author =. 2003 , note =. doi:10.1086/367639 , urldate =
doi:10.1086/367639 2003
-
[8]
The Astrophysical Journal , author =
Ages for. The Astrophysical Journal , author =. 2007 , note =. doi:10.1086/519295 , urldate =
doi:10.1086/519295 2007
Show all 101 references
-
[9]
The Astrophysical Journal , author =
Improved. The Astrophysical Journal , author =. 2008 , note =. doi:10.1086/591785 , language =
2008 doi
-
[10]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , author =
Calibrating gyrochronology using. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , author =. 2015 , pages =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv423 , number =
2015 doi
-
[11]
The Astronomical Journal , author =
Toward. The Astronomical Journal , author =. 2019 , note =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3c53 , language =
2019 doi
-
[12]
The Astrophysical Journal , author =
Ages of. The Astrophysical Journal , author =. 2024 , note =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad855f , language =
2024 doi
-
[13]
The Astrophysical Journal Letters , author =
The. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , author =. 2023 , note =. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acc589 , language =
2023 doi
-
[14]
The Astronomical Journal , author =
In. The Astronomical Journal , author =. 2024 , note =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ad28b9 , language =
2024 doi
-
[15]
, keywords =
ChronoFlow: A Data-driven Model for Gyrochronology. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/adcd73 , archivePrefix =. 2412.12244 , primaryClass =
-
[16]
Science , keywords =
Stellar activity masquerading as planets in the habitable zone of the M dwarf Gliese 581. Science , keywords =. doi:10.1126/science.1253253 , archivePrefix =. 1407.1049 , primaryClass =
-
[17]
, keywords =
Exoplanet Imitators: A Test of Stellar Activity Behavior in Radial Velocity Signals. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab53ec , archivePrefix =. 1911.04106 , primaryClass =
1911 arXiv
-
[18]
Benchmarking the impact of activity in high-precision radial velocity measurements
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Benchmarking the impact of activity in high-precision radial velocity measurements. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141880 , archivePrefix =. 2203.00415 , primaryClass =
-
[19]
, keywords =
Rotation periods, variability properties and ages for Kepler exoplanet candidate host stars. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1700 , archivePrefix =. 1309.2159 , primaryClass =
-
[20]
, keywords =
Tidal friction in close binary systems. , keywords =
-
[21]
, keywords =
Tidal evolution in close binary systems. , keywords =
-
[22]
, keywords =
Tidal Dissipation in Stars and Giant Planets. , keywords =. doi:10.1146/annurev-astro-081913-035941 , archivePrefix =. 1406.2207 , primaryClass =
-
[23]
EAS Publications Series , year = 2008, editor =
Observational Evidence for Tidal Interaction in Close Binary Systems. EAS Publications Series , year = 2008, editor =. doi:10.1051/eas:0829001 , archivePrefix =. 0801.0134 , primaryClass =
2008 arXiv
-
[24]
Tidal circularization of main-sequence stars
Features of Gaia DR3 spectroscopic binaries I. Tidal circularization of main-sequence stars. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad999 , archivePrefix =. 2304.00043 , primaryClass =
-
[25]
, keywords =
Tidal Synchronization and Differential Rotation of Kepler Eclipsing Binaries. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa974d , archivePrefix =. 1710.07339 , primaryClass =
-
[26]
, keywords =
Rapid Rotation in the Kepler Field: Not a Single Star Phenomenon. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf97c , archivePrefix =. 1809.02141 , primaryClass =
-
[27]
Living Reviews in Solar Physics , year=
Starspots: A Key to the Stellar Dynamo , author=. Living Reviews in Solar Physics , year=
- [28]
-
[29]
, keywords =
Lifetimes and Emergence/Decay Rates of Star Spots on Solar-type Stars Estimated by Kepler Data in Comparison with Those of Sunspots. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf471 , archivePrefix =. 1811.10782 , primaryClass =
-
[30]
, keywords =
Evidence for photometric activity cycles in 3203 Kepler stars. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730599 , archivePrefix =. 1705.03312 , primaryClass =
-
[31]
, keywords =
Kepler Mission Stellar and Instrument Noise Properties. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/1/6 , archivePrefix =. 1107.5207 , primaryClass =
-
[32]
, keywords =
The effect of red noise on planetary transit detection. , keywords =. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11012.x , archivePrefix =. astro-ph/0608597 , primaryClass =
2006
-
[33]
, keywords =
Kepler Transit Depths Contaminated By a Phantom Star. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/1361-6528/aa5278 , archivePrefix =. 1612.02432 , primaryClass =
-
[34]
, keywords =
Least-Squares Frequency Analysis of Unequally Spaced Data. , keywords =. doi:10.1007/BF00648343 , adsurl =
-
[35]
Studies in astronomical time series analysis. II. Statistical aspects of spectral analysis of unevenly spaced data. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/160554 , adsurl =
-
[36]
, keywords =
Measuring the rotation period distribution of field M dwarfs with Kepler. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt536 , archivePrefix =. 1303.6787 , primaryClass =
-
[37]
, keywords =
Measuring Periods in Aperiodic Light Curves-Applying the GPS Method to Infer the Rotation Periods of Solar-like Stars. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac937a , archivePrefix =. 2209.12593 , primaryClass =
-
[38]
Science , keywords =
Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results. Science , keywords =. doi:10.1126/science.1185402 , adsurl =
-
[39]
Surface Rotation and Photometric Activity for Kepler Targets. II. G and F Main-sequence Stars and Cool Subgiant Stars. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac033f , archivePrefix =. 2107.02217 , primaryClass =
-
[40]
, keywords =
Rotation Periods of 34,030 Kepler Main-sequence Stars: The Full Autocorrelation Sample. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/211/2/24 , archivePrefix =. 1402.5694 , primaryClass =
-
[41]
, keywords =
New rotation period measurements of 67 163 Kepler stars. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346789 , archivePrefix =. 2308.04272 , primaryClass =
-
[42]
, keywords =
Meta-analysis of Photometric and Asteroseismic Measurements of Stellar Rotation Periods: The Lomb─Scargle Periodogram, Autocorrelation Function, and Wavelet and Rotational Splitting Analysis for 92 Kepler Asteroseismic Targets. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac9906 , arch...
-
[43]
Machine Learning for Astrophysics , year = 2022, month = jul, eid =
Don't Pay Attention to the Noise: Learning Self-supervised Representations of Light Curves with a Denoising Time Series Transformer. Machine Learning for Astrophysics , year = 2022, month = jul, eid =. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2207.02777 , archivePrefix =. 2207.02777 , primaryClass =
-
[44]
Shallow Transits Deep Learning. I. Feasibility Study of Deep Learning to Detect Periodic Transits of Exoplanets. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaae05 , archivePrefix =. 1711.03163 , primaryClass =
-
[45]
, keywords =
Machine learning for exoplanet detection in high-contrast spectroscopy: Revealing exoplanets by leveraging hidden molecular signatures in cross-correlated spectra with convolutional neural networks. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202449149 , archivePrefix =. 2405.13469 , ...
-
[46]
, keywords =
Periodic Variable Star Classification with Deep Learning: Handling Data Imbalance in an Ensemble Augmentation Way. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/acf15e , archivePrefix =. 2309.13629 , primaryClass =
-
[47]
, keywords =
Astroconformer: The prospects of analysing stellar light curves with transformer-based deep learning models. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae068 , archivePrefix =. 2309.16316 , primaryClass =
-
[48]
Implementation and Applications on Kepler Data
FALCO: Foundation Model of Astronomical Light Curves for Time Domain Astronomy. Implementation and Applications on Kepler Data. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ae1467 , archivePrefix =. 2504.20290 , primaryClass =
-
[49]
, keywords =
Data-driven Derivation of Stellar Properties from Photometric Time Series Data Using Convolutional Neural Networks. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac7563 , adsurl =
-
[50]
, keywords =
Recovery of TESS Stellar Rotation Periods Using Deep Learning. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac498f , archivePrefix =. 2104.14566 , primaryClass =
-
[51]
, keywords =
Predicting stellar rotation periods using XGBoost. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346798 , archivePrefix =. 2305.02407 , primaryClass =
-
[52]
, keywords =
ROOSTER: a machine-learning analysis tool for Kepler stellar rotation periods. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039947 , archivePrefix =. 2101.10152 , primaryClass =
-
[53]
, keywords =
TESS Stellar Rotation up to 80 Days in the Southern Continuous Viewing Zone. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad159a , archivePrefix =. 2307.05664 , primaryClass =
-
[54]
, keywords =
StarCLR: Contrastive Learning Representation for Astronomical Light Curves. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae64ef , archivePrefix =. 2604.24516 , primaryClass =
-
[55]
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems , keywords =
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems , keywords =. doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.1.1.014003 , archivePrefix =. 1406.0151 , primaryClass =
-
[56]
, keywords =
Accurate and Robust Stellar Rotation Periods Catalog for 82771 Kepler Stars Using Deep Learning. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ad99ab , archivePrefix =. 2407.06858 , primaryClass =
- [57]
- [58]
-
[59]
2018 , url=
Improving Language Understanding by Generative Pre-Training , author=. 2018 , url=
2018
- [60]
- [61]
- [62]
- [63]
- [64]
-
[65]
arXiv e-prints , keywords =
Joint Embedding vs Reconstruction: Provable Benefits of Latent Space Prediction for Self Supervised Learning. arXiv e-prints , keywords =. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2505.12477 , archivePrefix =. 2505.12477 , primaryClass =
- [66]
- [67]
-
[68]
, keywords =
Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning II - A Bayesian Approach to Systematic Error Correction. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/667697 , archivePrefix =. 1203.1383 , primaryClass =
-
[69]
, keywords =
Kepler meets Gaia DR3: Homogeneous extinction-corrected color-magnitude diagram and binary classification. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348735 , archivePrefix =. 2501.18719 , primaryClass =
-
[70]
, keywords =
A 154-day periodicity in the occurrence of hard solar flares?. , keywords =. doi:10.1038/312623a0 , adsurl =
-
[71]
, year = 1904, month = jun, volume =
Note on the Distribution of Sun-spots in Heliographic Latitude, 1874-1902. , year = 1904, month = jun, volume =. doi:10.1093/mnras/64.8.747 , adsurl =
1902 doi
-
[72]
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine , keywords =
Self-Supervised Representation Learning: Introduction, advances, and challenges. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine , keywords =. doi:10.1109/MSP.2021.3134634 , archivePrefix =. 2110.09327 , primaryClass =
2021
- [73]
- [74]
-
[75]
, keywords =
Machine Learning Inference of Stellar Properties Using Integrated Photometric and Spectroscopic Data. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae0cbc , archivePrefix =. 2507.10666 , primaryClass =
-
[76]
The Open Journal of Astrophysics , keywords =
Too fast to be single: Tidal evolution and photometric identification of stellar and planetary companions. The Open Journal of Astrophysics , keywords =. doi:10.33232/001c.138238 , archivePrefix =. 2503.03839 , primaryClass =
-
[77]
, year = 1951, month = nov, volume =
The Possible Influence of Interstellar Clouds on Stellar Velocities. , year = 1951, month = nov, volume =. doi:10.1086/145478 , adsurl =
1951 doi
-
[78]
Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of 14 000 F and G dwarfs
The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of 14 000 F and G dwarfs. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035959 , archivePrefix =. astro-ph/0405198 , primaryClass =
-
[79]
arXiv e-prints , keywords =
Revisiting Stellar equatorial rotational velocities with Gaia DR3 line broadening -- the dependence on temperature, mass and age. arXiv e-prints , keywords =. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2601.20008 , archivePrefix =. 2601.20008 , primaryClass =
-
[80]
Astronomy & Geophysics , volume =
Dalla, Silvia and Fletcher, Lyndsay , title =. Astronomy & Geophysics , volume =. 2016 , month =. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atw181 , url =
2016 doi
-
[81]
, keywords =
Chemical Evolution in the Milky Way: Rotation-based Ages for APOGEE-Kepler Cool Dwarf Stars. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab5c24 , archivePrefix =. 1911.04518 , primaryClass =
1911 arXiv
-
[82]
and Tayar, Jamie and Morales, Leslie , title =
Claytor, Zachary R. and Tayar, Jamie and Morales, Leslie , title =. 2025 , publisher =. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14908017 , url =
2025 doi
-
[83]
, keywords =
A New Method for Estimating Starspot Lifetimes Based on Autocorrelation Functions. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac3420 , archivePrefix =. 2110.13284 , primaryClass =
-
[84]
, keywords =
The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac4414 , archivePrefix =. 2112.02026 , primaryClass =
-
[85]
The Gaia-Kepler Stellar Properties Catalog. I. Homogeneous Fundamental Properties for 186,301 Kepler Stars. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/159/6/280 , archivePrefix =. 2001.07737 , primaryClass =
2001 arXiv
-
[86]
, keywords =
On the Inference of a Star's Inclination Angle from its Rotation Velocity and Projected Rotation Velocity. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab65be , archivePrefix =. 2001.04973 , primaryClass =
2001 arXiv
-
[87]
, keywords =
A Kepler study of starspot lifetimes with respect to light-curve amplitude and spectral type. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1931 , archivePrefix =. 1707.08583 , primaryClass =
- [88]
-
[89]
Journal of Machine Learning Research , year =
Laurens van der Maaten and Geoffrey Hinton , title =. Journal of Machine Learning Research , year =
-
[90]
, keywords =
Quantifying isochrone-based age uncertainties for rapidly rotating A-type stars. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stag1237 , archivePrefix =. 2606.09485 , primaryClass =
-
[91]
, keywords =
Photometric Amplitude Distribution of Stellar Rotation of KOIs Indication for Spin-Orbit Alignment of Cool Stars and High Obliquity for Hot Stars. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/801/1/3 , archivePrefix =. 1501.01288 , primaryClass =
-
[92]
, keywords =
Stellar Obliquities in Exoplanetary Systems. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ac6c09 , archivePrefix =. 2203.05460 , primaryClass =
-
[93]
Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. VII. The Catalog of Eclipsing Binaries Found in the Entire Kepler Data Set. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/151/3/68 , archivePrefix =. 1512.08830 , primaryClass =
-
[94]
, keywords =
The Impact of Metallicity on the Evolution of the Rotation and Magnetic Activity of Sun-like Stars. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab6173 , archivePrefix =. 2001.10404 , primaryClass =
2001 arXiv
-
[95]
, keywords =
Evidence for metallicity-dependent spin evolution in the Kepler field. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa3038 , archivePrefix =. 2009.11785 , primaryClass =
2009 arXiv
-
[96]
, keywords =
Effect of metallicity on the detectability of rotational periods in solar-like stars. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201936608 , archivePrefix =. 2001.01934 , primaryClass =
2001 arXiv
-
[97]
, keywords =
Fast Star, Slow Star; Old Star, Young Star: Subgiant Rotation as a Population and Stellar Physics Diagnostic. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/67 , archivePrefix =. 1306.3701 , primaryClass =
-
[98]
, keywords =
Automated eccentricity measurement from raw eclipsing binary light curves with intrinsic variability. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202349079 , archivePrefix =. 2402.06084 , primaryClass =
-
[99]
Stellar multiplicity, a teaser for the hidden treasure
Gaia Data Release 3. Stellar multiplicity, a teaser for the hidden treasure. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243782 , archivePrefix =. 2206.05595 , primaryClass =
-
[100]
, keywords =
Then and now: A new look at the eclipse timing variations of hierarchical triple star candidates in the primordial Kepler field, revisited by TESS. , keywords =. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202453616 , archivePrefix =. 2502.09480 , primaryClass =
-
[101]
, keywords =
The impact of stellar metallicity on rotation and activity evolution in the Kepler field using gyro-kinematic ages. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae1828 , archivePrefix =. 2405.00779 , primaryClass =
Reviewed August 10, 2026 · model on record in the stance chip above.
Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.