Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-08-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
4 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Proceedings of the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), Lodz, Poland, July
Scientific paper
The phenomenon of giant radio pulses (GRP) from the Crab Pulsar can be studied at gamma-ray energies using atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes such as VERITAS and the SGARFACE experiment attached to the Whipple 10 m telescope. Although these instruments are generally used for very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy above 100 GeV, they also provide substantial sensitivity to short bursts of photons above 100 MeV lasting up to 15 $\mu$s. Motivated by the theoretical predictions for short microsecond-scale GeV bursts as counterparts to GRPs \cite{Lyutikov2007}, we report on a search for gamma-ray emission using simultaneous observations of the Crab Pulsar taken with VERITAS and the SGARFACE experiment.
for the VERITAS Collaboration
Schroedter Martin
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