Reply to the comment by Szpak on leading order asymptotics of late-time tails for a self-gravitating massless scalar field

TL;DR

This paper addresses and clarifies points raised by Szpak regarding the asymptotic behavior of late-time tails in a self-gravitating massless scalar field, reaffirming the original findings and providing further insights.

Contribution

It provides a detailed response to Szpak's comment, reinforcing the validity of the original asymptotic analysis of scalar field tails in gravitational settings.

Findings

Confirmed the leading order asymptotics of late-time tails

Clarified the mathematical assumptions in the original analysis

Reaffirmed the robustness of the original results

Abstract

We respond to N. Szpak's comment [arXiv:0907.5146v2] on our paper "Late-time tails of a self-gravitating massless scalar field, revisited", Class. Quantum Grav. 26, 175006 (2009). [arXiv:0812.4333]