THE DISCOVERY BY FERMI LAT OF GEV GAMMA-RAYS FROM CLASSICAL NOVAE ILLUSTRATES THAT SHOCKS AND HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE ACCELERATION ARE COMMON IN NOVA OUTFLOWS. WE WILL EXTEND OUR RECENT ANALYTIC AND LOCAL-BOX SIMULATION WORK ON RADIATIVE SHOCKS IN NOVAE TO GLOBAL 2D AND 3D SIMULATIONS OF THE SHOCK INTERACTION IN THESE SYSTEMS AND THEIR MULTI-WAVELENGTH EMISSION. BY COMBINING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCLINATION ANGLES ACROSS THE SHOCK FRONT RELATIVE TO THE UPSTREAM MAGNETIC FIELD WITH THE RESULTS OF PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS WE WILL ALSO PREDICT THE AVERAGE PARTICLE ACCELERATION EFFICIENCY AND COMPARE TO THOSE OBSERVED. PARTICULAR FOCUS WILL ALSO BE PLACED ON CONNECTING THE LAT GAMMA-RAY EMISSION TO THE VIEWING-ANGLE DEPENDENT THERMAL AND NON-THERMAL X-RAYS AS DETECTED BY SWIFT AND NUSTAR.

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