Multiple Choice
In the context of black holes, the word "ergosphere" names the
A) entire region inside the event horizon.
B) region just outside the event horizon of a rotating black hole where it is impossible for anything to remain at rest.
C) entire universe outside the black hole.
D) region occupied by the accretion disk where matter from a companion star collects around a black hole.
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