Pulse shape discrimination methods for LEGEND

The LEGEND experimental program is a quasi-background free search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (0νββ) in ⁷⁶Ge, which will have an ultimate discovery sensitivity to a 0νββ half-life beyond 10²⁸ yr. The first phase of the program, LEGEND-200, is currently operational and has a background goal of 2 x 10^-4 cts / (keV . kg . yr). LEGEND detector technology is optimized for background mitigation, which is crucial to meet its sensitivity goals. In this talk, we will focus on the pulse shape discrimination methods developed by LEGEND to reject backgrounds, and discuss their performance in the first year of LEGEND-200 data. We will also briefly discuss the sources of systematic uncertainty in regards to signal efficiency.