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Reanalyzing contact binaries with space-based photometric data and investigating possible parameter changes can yield accurate samples for theoretical studies. We investigated light curve solutions and fundamental parameters for twenty…

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The only well-studied red nova progenitor (V1309 Sco) was a contact binary with a 1.4-day period. The prospects for searching for similar systems, as well as stellar merger candidates in general, are explored in this work. The photospheric…

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The study presents a simplified method to identify potential bright red nova progenitors based on the amplitude of the light curve and infrared (J-H) colour of a contact binary system. We employ published criteria for contact binary orbital…

We show that candidate contact binary asteroids can be efficiently identified from sparsely sampled photometry taken at phase angles >60deg. At high phase angle, close/contact binary systems produce distinctive lightcurves that spend most…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pedro Lacerda

Totally eclipsing contact binaries provide a unique opportunity to accurately determine mass ratios through photometric methods alone, eliminating the need for spectroscopic data. Studying low mass ratio (LMR) contact binaries is crucial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-17 Xu Ding , KaiFan Ji , ZhiMing Song , XueFen Tian , JinLiang Wang , ChuanJun Wang , QiYuan Cheng , JianPing Xiong

This study broadens our comprehensive investigation of total-eclipse W Ursae Majoris-type contact binaries by analyzing eight additional systems, continuing our previous research. Multiband $BVR_cI_c$ photometric data were obtained at an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 Atila Poro , Raul Michel , Francisco Javier Tamayo , Mahya Hedayatjoo , Hector Aceves , Fahri Alicavus

Based on the eclipsing binary catalog provided by \cite{2022ApJS..258...16P}, 84 totally eclipsing contact binaries with stable light curves were selected. The TESS light curves of these 84 targets were studied using the Physics Of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-23 Yani Guo , Kai Li , Liheng Wang , Qiqi Xia , Xiang Gao , Jingran Xu , Jingyi Wang

In this work we describe a large new sample of contact binary stars extracted in a uniform manner from sky patrol data taken by the ROTSE-I telescope. Extensive ROTSE-I light curve data is combined with J, H, and K band near-infrared data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. J. Gettel , M. T. Geske , T. A. McKay

Contact binaries (CBs) serve as fundamental laboratories for studying complex stellar interactions, including mass transfer, tidal effects, and angular momentum loss. In this work, we search for CB with high-precision light curves from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 Ting Wu , Jin-Zhong Liu , Senyu Qi , Zhi-Xiang Zhang , Hubiao Niu , Ali Esamdin , Wei-Min Gu

The advent of large-scale photometric surveys has led to the discovery of over a million contact binary systems. Conventional light curve analysis methods are no longer adequate for handling such massive datasets. To address this challenge,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-11 Kai Li , Li-Heng Wang , Xiang Gao

We present a homogeneously-selected sample of 15779 candidate binary systems with main sequence primary stars and orbital periods shorter than 5 days. The targets were selected from TESS full-frame image lightcurves on the basis of their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-03 Matthew J. Green , Dan Maoz , Tsevi Mazeh , Simchon Faigler , Sahar Shahaf , Roy Gomel , Kareem El-Badry , Hans-Walter Rix

Light curve analysis of W UMa-type contact binary systems using MCMC or MC methods can be time-consuming, primarily because the repeated generation of synthetic light curves tends to be relatively slow during the fitting process. Although…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Ehsan Paki , Atila Poro , Minoo Dokht Moosavi Rowzati

The period distribution of contact binaries exhibits a very sharp short period cut-off at 0.22 days. In order to provide valuable information on this short period limit, we observed ten totally eclipsing contact binaries with orbital…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 Kai Li , Qi-Qi Xia , Raul Michel , Shao-Ming Hu , Di-Fu Guo , Xing Gao , Xu Chen , Dong-Yang Gao

Contact binary star systems represent the long-lived penultimate phase of binary evolution. Population statistics of their physical parameters inform understanding of binary evolutionary pathways and end products. We use light curves and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Henry A. Kobulnicky , Lawrence A. Molnar , Evan M. Cook , Lauren E. Henderson

By cross-matching the eclipsing binary catalog provided by Prsa et al. (2022) with LAMOST medium resolution spectra, we obtained 11 targets. Combining light and radial velocity curves analysis, we have derived accurate physical parameters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-23 Yani Guo , Kai Li , Yanke Tang , Xiang Gao , Qiqi Xia , Liheng Wang , Meng Guo

High-precision light curves were extracted from TESScut images. Together with APOGEE and LAMOST medium resolution spectra, a joint study was made for six early K-type contact binary candidates selected unbiasedly with orbital periods around…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-05 N. -P. Liu , S. -B. Qian , W. -P. Liao , Y. Huang , Z. -L. Yuan

This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of eight total-eclipse W Ursae Majoris-type contact binary systems. Ground-based photometric multiband observations were conducted at a Mexican observatory, and new times of minima were…

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission measured light from stars in ~75% of the sky throughout its two year primary mission, resulting in millions of TESS 30-minute cadence light curves to analyze in the search for…

Eclipsing binaries are crucial astrophysical laboratories for studying stellar parameters and evolutionary processes. In this study, we constructed a machine-learning-based model for systematic phenomenological classification of eclipsing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-30 Shi-Qi Liu , Kai Li , Xiao-Dian Chen , Li-Heng Wang
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