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==> Time is to be transferred to this proposal from MBARLOW_NOVATOO
==> Time is to be transferred to this proposal from RGEHRZ_PROPTOO
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This proposal requests: 1) an upgrade to Priority 1 of 15 hours of Priority
2 time allocated in the last review round to the proposal MBARLOW_NOVATOO;
and 2) a reallocation of 2865 sec of Priority 1 time to this program
targeting ToO galactic novae from time allocated to observe extragalactic
novae in the RGEHRZ_PROPTOO program.
Our goals and strategy are to obtain ISO spectroscopic observations that
will extend our understanding of the physics of the thermonuclear runaway
that initiates a nova event and the subsequent temporal evolution of the
ejected material. Specifically, our proposed ISO ToO initiative seeks to
address four research problems in the study of classical nova evolution: 1)
chemical abundances of nova ejecta from coronal and forbidden emission line
spectroscopy; 2) dynamical studies of nova ejecta; 3) measurements of the
density and masses of the ejecta; and 4) determinations of the grain size
distribution and mineral composition of nova dust. Our ISO ToO initiative
includes supplemental, simultaneous, and complementary observations using
other ground-based and space-based observatory facilities available to our
team. These observations include optical and infrared spectrophotometry
using Lowell Observatory, ARC, the Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO), the
Mt. Lemmon Observatory (MLOF), NOAO, CTIO, UKIRT, ESO, the Palomar
Observatory and the NASA IRTF.
The frequency of new Galactic novae events potentially observable by ISO
is of order 2 to 4 per year.  Each object must be measured on at least two
separate occasions, since the physical conditions in the ejecta of these
novae change dramatically on short time scales.