Modelling energy-dependent pulsar light curves

Abstract

In recent years, surprise discoveries of pulsed emission from the Crab and Vela pulsars above 100 GeV have drawn renewed attention to this largely unexplored region of the energy range. In this paper, we discuss example light curves due to curvature emission, with good resolution in the different energy bands. Continued light curve modelling may help to discriminate between different emission mechanisms, as well as constrain the location where emission is produced within the pulsar magnetosphere, including regions beyond the light cylinder.

4 pages, 2 figures, Conference Proceedings IAU Symposium: Pulsar Astrophysics The Next 50 Years

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