Contact binary stars are systems in which both stellar components share a common envelope, resulting in complex interactions and energy transfer. These systems exhibit characteristic light curves that ...
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 129, No. 974 (2017 April), pp. 1-20 (20 pages) We examine the bolometric light curves of five Type II-P supernovae (SNe 1998A, 2000cb, ...