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astro-ph2008★ 38 cited
Detection of X-ray Emission from the Very Old Pulsar J0108-1431
G. G. Pavlov, O. Kargaltsev, J. A. Wong +1
PSR J0108-1431 is a nearby, 170 Myr old, very faint radio pulsar near the "pulsar death line" in the P-Pdot diagram. We observed the pulsar field with the Chandra X-ray Observatory…
astro-ph2008★ 72 cited
X-ray Observations of Parsec-Scale Tails behind Two Middle-Aged Pulsars
O. Kargaltsev, Z. Misanovic, G. G. Pavlov +2
Chandra and XMM-Newton resolved extremely long tails behind two middle-aged pulsars, J1509-5850 and J1740+1000. The tail of PSR J1509-5850 is discernible up to 5.6' from the pulsar…