Reply to "Comment on Light deflection by Damour-Solodukhin wormholes and Gauss-Bonnet theorem" by Amrita Bhattacharya and Kh. Karimov Ramis

TL;DR

This paper is a detailed rebuttal addressing inaccuracies in a previous comment on their work about light deflection by Damour-Solodukhin wormholes, reaffirming their original results and clarifying methodological issues.

Contribution

The authors clarify and defend their original calculations against claims of errors, reaffirming the validity of their light deflection analysis using the Gauss-Bonnet theorem.

Findings

Claims of errors in original calculations are incorrect

Original results on light deflection remain valid

No issues with the implications of 8v9n's paper

Abstract

We reply to the Comment of Bhattacharya and Karimov on our paper Light deflection by Damour-Solodukhin wormholes and Gauss-Bonnet theorem [arXiv:1811.00768 [gr-qc]]. We address a number of incorrect claims made about our calculations and methodology. We show below that the claims of BK are incorrect, and that there are no problems with the results of \"{O}vg\"{u}n's paper or its implications.