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DETECTION OF X-RAY EMISSION FROM THE VERY OLD PULSAR J0108-1431

DETECTION OF X-RAY EMISSION FROM THE VERY OLD PULSAR J0108-1431

PSR J0108–1431 is a nearby, 170 Myr old, very faint radio pulsar near the "pulsar death line" in the P– diagram. We observed the pulsar field with the Chandra X-ray Observatory and detected a point source (53 counts in a 30 ks exposure; energy flux (9 ± 2) × 10−15 …