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FERMI/LAT DETECTED 15 NOVAE IN 11 YEARS OF ITS SURVEY REVEALING A NEW CLASS OF COSMIC PARTICLE ACCELERATORS. THE TWO BRIGHTEST GEV NOVAE SHOWED CORRELATED GAMMA-RAY/OPTICAL VARIABILITY SUGGESTING SHOCKS AS THE COMMON ORIGIN FOR THE BULK OF THE BOLOMETRIC LUMINOSITY AND THE GAMMA-RAYS. THE SCENARIOS LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF THESE SHOCKS ARE STILL POORLY EXPLORED. WE PROPOSE CONTINUATION OF THE SEARCH FOR GAMMA-RAY-BRIGHT NOVAE IN FERMI/LAT DATA. WE ASK FOR NRAO/VLA AND NOAO/GEMINI TO COMPLIMENT OUR MULTI-WAVELENGTH ANALYSIS AIMING TO UNDERSTAND SHOCK FORMATION AND MASS LOSS IN NOVAE. UNDERSTANDING SHOCKS IN THE HIGH-DENSITY LOW-VELOCITY REGIME IN NOVAE IS RELEVANT TO OTHER TYPES OF SHOCK-POWERED TRANSIENTS INCLUDING TYPE IIN SUPERNOVAE TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENTS AND STELLAR MERGERS.

$60,000FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

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