General Relativistic Corrections for Pulsar Electrodynamics and Gamma Ray Emission

The properties of radio pulsars will be discussed in terms of X-ray and gamma-ray visibility, as derived from the available spindown power, polar cap current and electrodynamics, as calculated from General Relativistic corrections to the electrodynamics. The spectral cutoffs (due to gamma-ray pair production on superstrong fields) for curvature radiation are also calculated for various geometries of photon propagation in the presence of a rotating magnetic dipole. Such high energy cutoffs determine the detection rate for pulsed gamma-rays with detectors such as H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. Required observation times for detection will also be discussed.