Corrects an unphysical cross-wedge term in the decay probability formula for a uniformly accelerated quantum clock from Lorek et al. 2015 by retaining only causally consistent thermal terms.
Ideal clocks – a con- venient fiction
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We show that no device built according to the rules of quantum field theory can measure proper time along its path. Highly accelerated quantum clocks experience the Unruh effect, which inevitably influences their time rate. This contradicts the concept of an ideal clock, whose rate should only depend on the instantaneous velocity.
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