Search for Short Bursts of Gamma Rays Above 100 MeV from the Crab using
  VERITAS and SGARFACE
  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.
