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Table 1.

Ranges of physical and orbital parameters used to generate synthetic light curves of dark companion, semidetached, and contact binary systems.

Parameter Dark companion binaries Semidetached binaries Contact binaries
M1 (M) 1 1 1
q 0.05–1 (Δq = 0.05) + 1–10 (Δq = 1) 0.05–1 (Δq = 0.05) + 1–10 (Δq = 1) 0.05–1 (Δq = 0.05)
Teff, 1 (K) 6000 6000, 8000, 15 000 6000
Teff, 2/Teff, 1 0.5, 1, 2 1
R1 (R) 1
R2/R1 0.1, 0.5, 2, 5
i (°) 5–90 (Δi = 5°) 5–90 (Δi = 5°) 5–90 (Δi = 5°)
log a/R 0–1 (Δlog a/R = 0.11) 0–1 (Δlog a/R = 0.11)
f 0.15, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75

Notes. Parameters denoted with subscripts 1 and 2 refer to the primary and secondary components, respectively.

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