THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS A COMPLETE HOMOGENEOUS INVESTIGATION OF KEPLER MTSS TO PROVIDE DETAILED MEASUREMENTS (OR CONSTRAINTS) ON EXOPLANETARY PHYSICAL AND ORBITAL PROPERTIES. CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS DO NOT EXPLOIT THE FULL POWER OF THE KEPLER DATA; HERE WE PROPOSE TO USE BETTER DATA (SHORT CADENCE OBSERVATIONS) BETTER METHODS (PHOTODYNAMICAL MODELING) AND A BETTER STATISTICAL METHOD (BAYESIAN DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO) IN A HOMOGENOUS ANALYSIS OF ALL ~700 KEPLER MTSS. THESE TECHNIQUES ARE PARTICULARLY VALUABLE FOR UNDERSTANDING SMALL TERRESTRIAL PLANETS. WE PROPOSE TO EXTRACT THE NEAR-MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INFORMATION FROM THESE SYSTEMS THROUGH A SERIES OF THREE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES.
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Brigham Young University, Provo UT