Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are important distance indicators, element factories, cosmic-ray
accelerators, kinetic-energy sources in galaxy evolution, and end points of stellar binary …

We report on the masses (M WD), effective temperatures (), and secular mean accretion
rates () of 43 cataclysmic variable (CV) white dwarfs, 42 of which were obtained from the …

Binary stars are as common as single stars. Binary stars are of immense importance to
astrophysicists because that they allow us to determine the masses of the stars independent …

Common-envelope (CE) evolution in massive binary systems is thought to be one of the
most promising channels for the formation of compact binary mergers. In the case of merging …

The origin of magnetic fields in white dwarfs remains a fundamental unresolved problem in
stellar astrophysics. In particular, the very different fractions of strongly (more than about a …

We present the first volume-limited sample of cataclysmic variables (CVs), selected using
the accurate parallaxes provided by the second data release (DR2) of the European Space …

Context. The stability of mass transfer is critical in determining pathways towards various
kinds of compact binaries, such as compact main-sequence white-dwarf binaries, and …

The identity of the progenitor systems of type-Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is a major unsolved
problem in astrophysics. SN Ia rates are providing some striking clues. We review the basics …

Nova explosions occur on the white dwarf component of a cataclysmic variable binary stellar
system that is accreting matter lost by its companion. When sufficient material has been …