Inappropriateness of the Rindler quantization

TL;DR

The paper critiques the Rindler quantization method, arguing it is inappropriate for analyzing acceleration effects on quantum fields due to fundamental inconsistencies with Minkowski quantization and the physical irrelevance of the event horizon for local observers.

Contribution

It challenges the validity of Rindler quantization by highlighting its non-equivalence to Minkowski quantization and the physical irrelevance of the event horizon for local noninertial observers.

Findings

Rindler quantization is not equivalent to Minkowski quantization.

The event horizon in Rindler spacetime has no physical role for local observers.

The particle-detector approach based on Minkowski quantization is more appropriate.

Abstract

It is argued that the Rindler quantization is not a correct approach to study the effects of acceleration on quantum fields. First, the "particle"-detector approach based on the Minkowski quantization is not equivalent to the approach based on the Rindler quantization. Second, the event horizon, which plays the essential role in the Rindler quantization, cannot play any physical role for a local noninertial observer.