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The Peculiar X-Ray Transient IGR J16358-4726

The Peculiar X-Ray Transient IGR J16358-4726

The new transient IGR J16358-4726 was discovered on 2003 March 19 with INTEGRAL. We detected the source serendipitously during our 2003 March 24 observation of SGR 1627-41 with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory at the 1.7 × 10-10 ergs s-1 cm-2 flux level (2-10 keV) with a very high absorption column …