BSN: The First Photometric Study of 10 Contact Binary Systems from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Abstract

Photometric observations were made with standard filters in four observatories for 10 contact binary systems. We analyzed the orbital period variations of the systems and found that six of them show long-term changes. The increase in the orbital period of the J07, N65, and PU Vir systems is caused by mass transfer, and the reduction in the orbital period of the J05, LO Psc, and N49 systems is caused by the combination of angular momentum loss and mass transfer. The first light-curve analysis was performed with the PHysics Of Eclipsing BinariEs Python code and Markov Chain Monte Carlo. We discussed the accuracy of photometric mass ratio estimates for contact binary systems with total and partial eclipses compared to spectroscopic results. We also compared our mass ratio findings to a recent method that estimates mass ratios from the light curve’s third derivative. Then, we also discussed this new mass ratio estimate method for photometric data. The systems’ positions were displayed in 18 empirical parameter relationships. According to the light-curve analysis and estimation of absolute parameters, systems BE Mus, J07, J08, N49, and N65 are A subtypes, and the others are W subtypes.