Reply to the Comment of S. Ayik and D. Lacroix, posted as arXiv:1909.1361v1, on the recent article "Fission Dynamics of 240Pu from Saddle-to-Scission and Beyond" by Bulgac et al, published as Phys. Rev. C 100, 034615 (2019)

TL;DR

This paper provides a detailed response to a comment on a previous study of fission dynamics in 240Pu, clarifying points and proposing a stochastic mean field approach without earlier difficulties.

Contribution

It offers a point-by-point rebuttal to the comment and suggests a new formulation of the stochastic mean field approach.

Findings

Clarifies misunderstandings in the comment by Ayik and Lacroix.

Proposes a stochastic mean field formulation free of previous difficulties.

Provides insights into fission dynamics of 240Pu.

Abstract

A point-by-point answer to the comment authored by S. Ayik and D. Lacroix is presented. At this point in time this text is not aimed at being submitted to Phys. Rev. C or any other journal, unless the authors of the comment choose to follow such an avenue. I also suggest a possible formulation of a stochastic mean field approach free of the difficulties in the stochastic mean field model due to S. Ayik.