Two of these things become degenerate when 2 times r-sub-Q equals r-sub-s in a solution that accounts for charge. The number of Planck areas that can fit on these things is proportional to the entropy allowed by the Beckenstein bound. Constructs analogous to these things separate causally unconnected regions of space that paradoxically appear homogeneous. Encoding of physical states on these things could resolve the information paradox, according to the holographic principle. "Naked" objects not inside these things are disallowed by the cosmic censorship hypothesis. Separation of virtual photon pairs across these boundaries is a common inaccurate explanation for evaporation via Hawking radiation. The ergosphere is directly outside, for 10 points, what boundary marking the "point of no return" beyond which light can't escape a black hole? ■END■
ANSWER: event horizons [prompt on horizons or particle horizons; prompt on black holes until "black hole" is read]
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