Why do white dwarf supernovae all have approximately the same maximum luminosity?

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White dwarf supernovae occur when the mass of the white dwarf has just exceeded 1.4 MSun. Since the mass is the same and the entire object–made of degenerate matter–explodes at once, the maximum luminosity is the same.

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