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V2491 Cygni (Nova Cygni 2008 No.2) was detected as a transient supersoftX-ray source with the Swift XRT as early as 40 days after the outburst,suggesting a very massive white dwarf (WD) close to the Chandrasekhar limit. Wepresent a unified model of near infrared, optical, and X-ray light curves forV2491 Cyg, and have estimated, from our best-fit model, the WD mass to be 1.3\pm 0.02 M_\sun with an assumed chemical composition of the envelope, X=0.20,Y= 0.48, X_{CNO} =0.20, X_{Ne} =0.10, and Z = 0.02 by mass weight. We stronglyrecommend detailed composition analysis of the ejecta because some enrichmentof the WD matter suggests that the WD mass does not increase like in RS Oph,which is a candidate of Type Ia supernova progenitors. V2491 Cyg shows apeculiar secondary maximum in the optical light curve as well as V1493 Aql andV2362 Cyg. Introducing magnetic activity as an adding energy source to nuclearburning, we propose a physical mechanism of the secondary maxima.

Optical and Supersoft X-ray Light Curve Models of Classical Nova V2491 Cygni: A New Clue to the Secondary Maximum