Reply to: `Comment on: " 't Hooft vertices, partial quenching, and rooted staggered QCD" '

TL;DR

This paper defends the authors' previous work on rooted staggered QCD against criticisms, clarifying misunderstandings and reaffirming the validity of their approach in lattice QCD research.

Contribution

The authors provide a detailed rebuttal to Creutz's criticisms, clarifying misconceptions about 't Hooft vertices and rooted staggered QCD.

Findings

Creutz's criticisms are incorrect and based on misunderstandings

The authors clarify the validity of their approach in lattice QCD

Reaffirmation of the theoretical consistency of rooted staggered QCD

Abstract

We reply to Creutz's comments on our paper " 't Hooft vertices, partial quenching, and rooted staggered QCD." We show that his criticisms are incorrect and result from a misunderstanding both of our work, and of the related work of Adams.