Abstract
A general definition of ergosphere is given abstracting this sort of energy source from any particular solution of Einstein's equations. A classification of ergosphere boundary points is performed according to their local properties. Points of both classes are shown to be present on the boundary of a large subfamily of ergospheres called weakly bounded. This implies existence of a singularity or a black hole inside these ergospheres. Both known ergospheres, that for and that for in the Kerr solution, are weakly bounded.
- Received 27 September 1971
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.7.2311
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