Mass Transfer and Intrinsic Light Variability in the Contact Binary MT Cas

<div>The <svg height="11.5564pt" id="M470" style="vertical-align:-2.26807pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 40.7377 11.5564" width="40.7377pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M300 -147C201 -63 143 98 143 270S200 602 300 686L282 710C136 610 70 450 70 271V270C70 89 136 -72 282 -170L300 -147Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,4.498,0)"><path d="M699 369C699 549 575 666 407 666C186 666 23 488 23 278C23 101 145 -16 312 -16C535 -16 699 153 699 369ZM600 373C600 210 500 19 321 19C186 19 120 129 120 272C120 450 232 631 399 631C541 631 600 522 600 373Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,16.791,0)"><path d="M535 230V280H52V230H535Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,27.327,0)"><path d="M645 631C614 643 545 666 457 666C215 666 23 519 23 283C23 90 158 -16 337 -16C412 -16 489 2 522 10C543 39 590 127 606 167L580 181C519 89 459 18 348 18C201 18 122 136 122 287C122 464 244 632 435 632C544 632 602 595 608 472L639 475C643 526 645 581 645 631Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,36.011,0)"><path d="M275 270C275 450 212 609 64 710L45 686C145 604 203 442 203 270S147 -63 45 -147L64 -170C213 -68 275 89 275 270Z"></path></g></svg> curve for MT Cas. The crossing, open, and solid circles represent photographic data and photoelectric and CCD measurements, respectively. The continuous line is plotted by Eq. (<a href="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/aa/volume-2019/4593092/figures/#EEq2">2</a>).</div>

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Figure 4: Mass Transfer and Intrinsic Light Variability in the Contact Binary MT Cas 