The new SGR 1550-5418 is the old AXP 1E1547.0-5408

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X-Ray, Request For Observations, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Soft Gamma- Ray Repeaters, Transients

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N. Rea (U. Amsterdam), P. Esposito (INAF-IASF, Milan), H. A. Krimm (CRESST/GSFC/USRA), D. M. Palmer (LANL), S. Mereghetti, A. Tiengo (INAF-IASF, Milan), G.L. Israel (INAF-OAR) Swift-BAT triggered today on several Galactic short bursts (Krimm et al. GCN 8311, 8312), which were claimed to come from a new Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1550-5418. However, given the positional coincidence of this new putative SGR 1550-5418 with the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar (AXP) 1E1547.0-5408 (Gelfand & Gaensler 2007; Camilo et al.

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