A Comprehensive Study of Kepler Phase Curves and Secondary Eclipses: Temperatures and Albedos of Confirmed Kepler Giant Planets

@article{Angerhausen2015ACS,
  title={A Comprehensive Study of Kepler Phase Curves and Secondary Eclipses: Temperatures and Albedos of Confirmed Kepler Giant Planets},
  author={Daniel Angerhausen and Em DeLarme and Jon A. Morse},
  journal={Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific},
  year={2015},
  volume={127},
  pages={1113-1130}
}
We present a comprehensive study of phase curves and secondary eclipses in the Kepler data set using all data from 16 quarters that were available in 2013-2014. Our sample consists of 20 confirmed planets with Rp > 4 Re, P 0.1). 
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