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Discovery of the Moment of Formation of the Black Hole in GRB 190114C

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Almost 50 years after “Introducing the Black Hole” [1], we are witnessing the clear evidence on the discovery of the moment of formation of the Black Hole in GRB 190114C. I am very happy to present these results at the 4th Zeldovich virtual meeting.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was possible thanks to the collaboration with Y. Aimuratov, U. Barres de Almeida, L. Becerra, C.L. Bian-co, C. Cherubini, Y.C. Chen, C. Ellinger, S. Filippi, C.L. Fryer, M. Guzzo, M. Karlica, M. Kovacevic, R.V. Lobato, L. Li, C. Maia, J.D. Melon-Fuksman, R. Moradi, M. Muccino, A.V. Penacchioni, G.B. Pisani, D. Primorac, J.F. Rodriguez, F. Rossi-Torres, J.A. Rueda, J.D. Uribe, S. Shakeri, G.V. Vereshchagin, Y. Wanf, S.S. Xue.

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  2. ICRA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185, Rome, Italy

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  3. INAF, 00136, Rome, Italy

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Paper presented at the Fourth Zeldovich meeting, an international conference in honor of Ya.B. Zeldovich held in Minsk, Belarus, on September 7–11, 2020. Published by the recommendation of the special editors: S.Ya. Kilin, R. Ruffini, and G.V. Vereshchagin.

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Ruffini, R. Discovery of the Moment of Formation of the Black Hole in GRB 190114C. Astron. Rep. 65, 1030–1035 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772921100310

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