SYNOPTIC SWIFT TOO X-RAY/UV OBSERVATIONS OF A BRIGHT NOVA IN OUTBURST

WE PROPOSE A 60 KS TARGET-OF-OPPORTUNITY (TOO) CAMPAIGN FOR ONE (1) BRIGHT CLASSICAL OR RECURRENT NOVA IN OUTBURST USING THE RAPID RESPONSE AND MULTI-WAVELENGTH CAPABILITIES OF SWIFT TO OBTAIN SIMULTANEOUS #-RAY X-RAY AND ULTRAVIOLET (UV) OBSERVATIONS. SWIFT PROVIDES UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO THE NOVAE PHENOMENA DURING ALL THE EVOLUTIONARY PHASES REVEALING MANY NEW AND CURRENTLY POORLYUNDERSTOOD EVENTS INCLUDING PHASES OF PERSISTENT HARD X-RAYS AS WELL AS EPISODES OF RAPID AND VARIABLE X-RAY/UV EMISSION. OUR GOAL IS TO CHARACTERIZE THE THREE MAJOR X-RAY PHASES IN NOVAE: 1) THE EARLY #-RAY AND HARD X-RAY PHASE; 2) A RAPID AND HIGHLY VARIABLE TRANSITION PHASE; AND 3) THE LATER AND BRIGHTER SSS PHASE. SWIFT TOO SUPPLEMENTED WITH DATA FROM FERMI/LAT MONITORING AND OUR EXTANT SPACE- AND GROUND-BASED OIR PROGRAMS WILL GROW THE TEMPORAL AND PANCHROMATIC ARCHIVE OF THESE EVENTS REQUISITE TO GLEAN THEUNDERLYING PHYSICS OF THESE NEW PHENOMENA AND NOVAE EVOLUTION.