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I review observations of cataclysmic variable stars, super-soft X-ray sources and double-degenerate binary stars with particular focus upon the numbers of these systems, all of which have been proposed as Type la supernova progenitors. All these systems are of interest as examples of binary star evolution. Cataclysmic variables and (at least some) super-soft sources have very closely related evolutionary paths. Double-degenerates appear to be remarkably common end-points for binary star evolution and are probably the most significant source of low frequency (< 0.1 Hz) gravitational waves in the Galaxy; if on merging they collapse to neutron stars rather than explode as Type la supernovae, they may even be detectable with ground-based gravitational wave detectors.
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Marsh, T.R. (2001). Cataclysmic Variables, Super-Soft Sources and Double-Degenerates. In: Vanbeveren, D. (eds) The Influence of Binaries on Stellar Population Studies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 264. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9723-4_4
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