# Observations and light curve solutions of the W UMa binaries V796 Cep, V797 Cep, CSS J015341.9+381641 and NSVS 3853195

## TL;DR

This study presents photometric observations and light curve analyses of four W UMa binary stars, revealing their nearly identical stellar components, contact configurations, and a luminosity-mass ratio relation.

## Contribution

The paper provides new photometric data, refined periods, and detailed light curve solutions for four W UMa binaries, including the discovery of a luminosity-mass ratio relation.

## Key findings

- All systems are barely-overcontact W UMa binaries of G and K types.
- Components are nearly identical in mass, temperature, radius, and luminosity.
- Luminosity ratio relates to mass ratio as l2/l1 ≈ q^{1.5}.

## Abstract

Photometric observations in Sloan g' and i' bands of four W UMa binaries, V796 Cep, V797 Cep, CSS J015341.9+381641 and NSVS 3853195, are presented. Our observations showed that CSS J015404.1+382805 and NSVS 3853195 are the same star. We determined the initial epochs T_{0} of all targets and improved the period of NSVS 3853195. The light curve solutions of our data revealed that the components of each target are almost the same in mass, temperature, radius and luminosity. The stellar components are of G and K spectral types and undergo partial eclipses. All systems have barely-overcontact configurations and belong to H subtype W UMa binaries. We established that the relation between the luminosity ratio l_{2}/l_{1} and mass ratio q of our targets is approximately l_{2}/l_{1} = q^{1.5}.