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Quantities characterizing light curves of contact binaries of W UMa-type are introduced. For 2700 cases, theoretical light curves of contact binaries are computed by the light curve synthesis method, and characteristic quantities for these light curves are tabulated. An example of application of the table to the light curve analysis of contact binaries is shown, and the errors inherent in the solution are also discussed.
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Yamasaki, A. Light curve analysis of contact binaries: Characteristic quantities of the light curve. Astrophys Space Sci 77, 75–109 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648759
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