A golden age in gamma-ray pulsar astrophysics

Since their discovery in 1967, pulsars have been extensively studied over a broad range of wavelengths. Understanding the nature of the gamma-rayemission from pulsars is crucial as this represents a sizeable fraction of the energy budget of the system. Our knowledge of gamma-ray pulsars has beenrevolutionized by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Launched in June 2008, the LAT has not only dramatically increased the number of known gamma-ray pulsars (from 7 to over 100), but also significantly improved the quality of these pulsar observations, increasing the statistics and extending the energy range into the previously unexplored region between 10 and 25 GeV. I will give an overview of some of the key pulsar results from the LAT and discuss theprospects for future gamma-ray pulsar discoveries as the LAT enters its extended mission phase, with an emphasis on some of the open questions and challenges posed by the LAT results.