TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19305 SUBJECT: GRB 160409A: Swift-XRT observations DATE: 16/04/12 19:24:04 GMT FROM: Sarah Gibson at U.of Leicester A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia (ASDC), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), T.G.R. Roegiers (PSU), L.M. McCauley (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), S.L. Gibson (U. Leicester) and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the Swift/BAT-detected burst GRB 160409A, collecting 3.0 ks of Photon Counting (PC) mode data between T0+240.0 ks and T0+246.7 ks. No uncatalogued X-ray sources have been detected inside or close to the Swift/BAT error region. The 3-sigma upper limit in the field ranges from ~0.004 to ~0.005 ct s^-1, corresponding to a 0.3-10 keV observed flux of 1.7e-13 to 2.1e-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (assuming a typical GRB spectrum). A previously-catalogued X-ray source has been detected inside or close to the Swift/BAT error region, however because it is a catalogued object it is unlikely to be the afterglow. An uncatalogued was detected, however this was too far from the GRB position to be the afterglow. The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis of the XRT observations, including a position-specific upper limit calculator, are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/ToO_GRBs/00020604. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.