A Unique Low-mass-ratio Contact Eclipsing Binary System under the Period Cutoff

A Papageorgiou, PE Christopoulou… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a multiband photometric analysis of CRTS J163819. 6+ 03485, the first low-
mass-ratio contact binary system with a period of 0.2053321 day under the contact binary …

Photometric analysis of 40 low mass-ratio contact binary systems in the Catalina Sky Survey

JL Wang, X Ding, W Liu, LH Yu, C Xu, KF Ji - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2025 - aanda.org
Low mass-ratio contact binary systems are a fascinating class of eclipsing binaries; they are
widely regarded as the potential progenitors of stellar mergers. For this study we analyzed …

Minute-cadence Observations of the LAMOST Fields with the TMTS: VI. Absolute Physical Parameters of Contact Binaries

Q Xia, X Wang, K Li, X Gao, F Guo, J Lin, C Liu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
With the development of wide-field surveys, a large amount of data on short-period W UMa
contact binaries have been obtained. Continuous and uninterrupted light curves as well as …

A comprehensive study on the K2-type binary V1393 Tau in four-year observations

L Yu, S Wang, M Raúl, L Zhang - New Astronomy, 2025 - Elsevier
We carried out a low resolution spectrum, the first ground-based multi-color light curves
(LCs) analysis, and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data analysis for the binary …

A study of nine extreme low mass ratio contact binary systems

E Lalounta, PE Christopoulou, A Papageorgiou… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Low mass ratio systems (LMR) are a very interesting class of contact eclipsing binaries
challenging the theoretical models of stability. These systems are also considered possible …

[PDF][PDF] Discovery of star systems at the merger limit by large astronomical surveys

PE Christopoulou, E Lalounta, A Papageorgiou… - Contrib. Astron. Obs …, 2024 - astro.sk
Discovery of star systems at the merger limit by large astronomical surveys Page 1 Contrib.
Astron. Obs. Skalnaté Pleso 54/2, 249 – 256, (2024) https://doi.org/10.31577/caosp.2024.54.2.249 …