Abstract
Wormald proposes to remove the anomalous absorption of photons in the light clock by making a relativistic correction for absorption frequencies in the mirrors. This would require different corrections for atoms in mirrors 1 and 2, even though both have the same velocity relative to the observer. A relativistic time transformation by direct velocity dependence of time rate is different from a transformation between clocks with Lorentz-invariant proper time readings. With ascription of an invariant proper time to the photon clock, one loses its property of directly illustrating the relativistic time transformation.
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Schlegel, R. Schlegel's photon clock theory: A reply to Wormald. Found Phys 12, 89–92 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00726877
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