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Supervisor's Foreword; Preface; Publications; Acknowledgements; Thesis Advisory Committee Members:; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Evolution of Stellar Rotation Rates; 1.1.1 Rotation on the Pre-main-Sequence; 1.1.2 Main-Sequence Rotation; 1.1.3 Differential Rotation in Other Stars; 1.2 Measuring Stellar Rotation with Kepler; 1.2.1 Kepler Photometry; 1.2.2 Photometric Time Series Analysis; 1.2.3 Measuring Rotation from Surface Variability; 1.2.4 Measuring Rotation from Asteroseismology; 1.3 Applications of Rotation Measurements; 1.3.1 Gyrochronology.
1.3.2 Impact of Rotation on Stellar Evolution1.3.3 Solar and Stellar Dynamos; References; 2 Paper I
Rotation Periods of 12,000 Main-Sequence Kepler Stars; 2.1 Summary of Paper I; 2.2 Introduction; 2.3 Measuring Stellar Rotation; 2.3.1 Kepler photometry; 2.3.2 Detecting Rotation Periods; 2.3.3 Selecting Stable Rotation Periods; 2.4 Consistency with measurements; 2.5 Rotation of Late Type Stars; 2.6 Conclusions; 2.7 Further Discussion of Chap. 1; References; 3 Paper II
Rotational Splitting as a Function of Mode Frequency for Six Sun-like Stars; 3.1 Summary of Paper II; 3.2 Introduction.
3.3 Analysis3.3.1 Observations; 3.3.2 Power Spectrum Model; 3.3.3 Fitting; 3.4 Rotation and Inclination as a Function of Frequency; 3.5 Further Discussion of Chap. 2; References; 4 Paper III
Constraining Differential Rotation of Sun-like Stars from Asteroseismic and Starspot Rotation Periods; 4.1 Summary of Paper III; 4.2 Introduction; 4.3 Measuring Rotation Periods; 4.3.1 Asteroseismic Rotation Periods; 4.3.2 Surface Variability Periods; 4.4 Comparing Asteroseismic and Surface Variability Periods; 4.5 Gyrochronology; 4.6 Conclusions; 4.7 Further Discussion of Chap. 3; References.
5 Discussion: Constraining Interior Rotational Shear5.1 Modeling Radial Differential Rotation; 5.1.1 Computing the Mode Set Splittings; 5.1.2 Using Only Seismic Data to Constrain the Radial Shear; 5.1.3 Using Prior Information from Surface Variability; 5.2 Conclusion; References; Appendix A Clusters Used in Fig. 1.1; Appendix B Detrending and Corrections in PDC/msMAP Data; Appendix C Measuring Rotation with Spectroscopy; Index.
1.3.2 Impact of Rotation on Stellar Evolution1.3.3 Solar and Stellar Dynamos; References; 2 Paper I
Rotation Periods of 12,000 Main-Sequence Kepler Stars; 2.1 Summary of Paper I; 2.2 Introduction; 2.3 Measuring Stellar Rotation; 2.3.1 Kepler photometry; 2.3.2 Detecting Rotation Periods; 2.3.3 Selecting Stable Rotation Periods; 2.4 Consistency with measurements; 2.5 Rotation of Late Type Stars; 2.6 Conclusions; 2.7 Further Discussion of Chap. 1; References; 3 Paper II
Rotational Splitting as a Function of Mode Frequency for Six Sun-like Stars; 3.1 Summary of Paper II; 3.2 Introduction.
3.3 Analysis3.3.1 Observations; 3.3.2 Power Spectrum Model; 3.3.3 Fitting; 3.4 Rotation and Inclination as a Function of Frequency; 3.5 Further Discussion of Chap. 2; References; 4 Paper III
Constraining Differential Rotation of Sun-like Stars from Asteroseismic and Starspot Rotation Periods; 4.1 Summary of Paper III; 4.2 Introduction; 4.3 Measuring Rotation Periods; 4.3.1 Asteroseismic Rotation Periods; 4.3.2 Surface Variability Periods; 4.4 Comparing Asteroseismic and Surface Variability Periods; 4.5 Gyrochronology; 4.6 Conclusions; 4.7 Further Discussion of Chap. 3; References.
5 Discussion: Constraining Interior Rotational Shear5.1 Modeling Radial Differential Rotation; 5.1.1 Computing the Mode Set Splittings; 5.1.2 Using Only Seismic Data to Constrain the Radial Shear; 5.1.3 Using Prior Information from Surface Variability; 5.2 Conclusion; References; Appendix A Clusters Used in Fig. 1.1; Appendix B Detrending and Corrections in PDC/msMAP Data; Appendix C Measuring Rotation with Spectroscopy; Index.