In this paper we review the current status of research on the observational and theoretical
characteristics of isolated and binary magnetic white dwarfs (MWDs). Magnetic fields of …

We survey our understanding of classical novae—nonterminal, thermonuclear eruptions on
the surfaces of white dwarfs in binary systems. The recent and unexpected discovery of GeV …

We substantially update the capabilities of the open-source software instrument Modules for
Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA). MESA can now simultaneously evolve an …

Stellar physics and evolution calculations enable a broad range of research in astrophysics.
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) is a suite of open source, robust …

The detection of a dust disk around the white dwarf star G29-38 and transits from debris
orbiting the white dwarf WD 1145+ 017 (ref.) confirmed that the photospheric trace metals …

We present an attempt to reconstruct the complete evolutionary path followed by cataclysmic
variables (CVs), based on the observed mass–radius relationship of their donor stars. Along …

Interacting binaries in which a white dwarf accretes material from a companion—cataclysmic
variables (CVs) in which the mass donor is a Roche-lobe filling star on or near the main …

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 …

We present a catalogue of 507 cataclysmic variables (CVs) observed in SDSS I to IV
including 70 new classifications collated from multiple archival data sets. This represents the …

Context. We have known for a long time that many of the measured white dwarf (WD)
masses in cataclysmic variables (CVs) significantly exceed the mean mass of single WDs …