DORMANT BHS AT THE CENTRES OF QUIESCENT GALAXIES REVEAL THEMSELVES THROUGH LUMINOUS ACCRETION-POWERED FLARES CALLED TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENT (TDES). THESE RARE EVENTS PROVIDE US WITH UNIQUE INSIGHTS INTO THE PHYSICS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCRETION AND THE BH ITSELF. FOR MOST EVENTS OBSERVATIONS FOCUS ON THE INITIAL DETECTION AND FOLLOW-UP OF THE FLARE. HOWEVER STUDIES OF THE LATE TIME EMISSION HAVE REVEALED SOME SURPRISES INDICATING THAT TDES UNDERGO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THEIR ACCRETION AND EMISSION MECHANISMS AS THEY EVOLVE. BUT WITHOUT DETAILED MONITORING OF THIS LATE TIME EMISSION THE UNCERTAINTIES IN THIS EVOLUTION IS QUITE LARGE. HERE WE PROPOSE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SWIFT S MULTI-WAVELENGTH CAPABILITIES TO MONITOR THE LATE TIME EMISSION FROM SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST/CLOSEST TDES.
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