Speaker
Samantha Wong
(McGill University)
Description
With very few pulsars detected in both optical and VHE - the edges of the high-energy pulsar spectrum - it remains difficult to infer pulsar emission mechanisms from observational data. VERITAS observation programs aim to populate these discovery spaces by searching for multi-TeV components from Northern Hemisphere pulsars and optical pulsations from energetic X-ray and Fermi-LAT pulsars with a recently implemented rapid optical backend. In this talk, I will summarize the VERITAS optical and VHE programs, including source selection, analysis, and future prospects for pulsar discovery with continued VERITAS upgrades.
Primary author
Samantha Wong
(McGill University)
