Reply to the Comment, arXiv:0810.3243v1 by B. Geyer, G. L. Klimchitskaya, U. Mohideen, and. V. M. Mostepanenko

TL;DR

This paper defends a previous publication against criticism, arguing that the criticism is incorrect and conflicts with fundamental principles of statistical physics.

Contribution

It provides a rebuttal demonstrating that the criticisms are invalid and contradict established statistical physics concepts.

Findings

Criticism was shown to be incorrect

Main arguments of the criticism conflict with statistical physics

Reaffirms the validity of the original paper

Abstract

It is shown that criticism of my paper arXiv:0801.0656 Phys. Rev. Lett, vol. 101, 163202 (2008) by the authors of Comment arXiv:0810.3243v1 is wrong and that their main arguments are in contradiction with established concepts of statistical physics.