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Swift-XRT spectra of GRB 160509A

Last updated after receiving ObsID 00020614025, version 8

Data were analysed using HEASOFT version 6.35.2

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The spectral fits assume a redshift: 1.17 (GCN 19419)

Time-averaged spectrum (T0 + 7271 to 105924 s)

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PC mode spectrum of Time-averaged

PC mode. Mean photon arrival: T0+45506 s

N_H (Galactic)	2.12 × 10²¹ cm^-2
N_H (intrinsic)	2.6 (+0.4, -0.3) × 10²² cm^-2
z of absorber	1.17
Photon index	1.97 (+0.08, -0.07)
Flux (0.3-10 keV) (Observed)	1.81 (+0.07, -0.07) × 10^-11 erg cm^-2 s^-1
Flux (0.3-10 keV) (Unabsorbed)	2.98 (+0.14, -0.13) × 10^-11 erg cm^-2 s^-1
Counts to flux (obs)	4.25 × 10^-11 erg cm^-2 ct^-1
Counts to flux (unabs)	6.99 × 10^-11 erg cm^-2 ct^-1
W-stat (dof) What's this?	569.38 (595)
Spectrum exposure	15.5 ks