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white-dwarf merge in binaries

Two white dwarfs with a total mass $>1.4\:M_{\odot}$ merge. It may trigger a type Ia SN explosion.

How about the three cases below?

  1. Two low mass WDs merge, total mass $<1.4\:M_{\odot}$.

  2. A low mass WD + a low mass neutron star, total mass $<2\:M_{\odot}$.

  3. A low mass WD + a neutron star, total mass $>2\:M_{\odot}$.

If any of the above can result in a SN, have we observed this kind of SN?

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