Concept information
Preferred term
Ergosphere
Definition
- The region between the event horizon and the stationary limit of a rotating Kerr black hole. It is possible for a particle falling inside the ergosphere to break into two parts, one of which will fall into the black hole and the other will come out. (en)
Broader concept
- Black hole physics (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/472
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