TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 14290 SUBJECT: Swift XRT RETRACTION of GRB 130310A afterglow detection DATE: 13/03/12 14:44:15 GMT FROM: Boris Sbarufatti at INAF-OAB/IASFPA B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU), D. N. Burrows (PSU), P. E. Evans (U Leicester), E. Troja (NASA/GSFC/UMCP) report on behalf of the Swift team: Upon further analysis of the Swift XRT observations of the IPN error box for GRB 130310A (Svinkin et al., GCN #14284) we RETRACT the detection of a candidate afterglow reported by Sbarufatti et al., GCN #14288. Further analysis is ongoing. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.