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TL;DR

This paper defends previous findings that neutrino wave packet separation effects are unobservable in experiments, clarifying misunderstandings about their earlier work on neutrino decoherence and wave packet effects.

Contribution

It clarifies and defends the authors' previous conclusions regarding neutrino wave packet effects against criticisms, reaffirming their original results.

Findings

Neutrino wave packet separation effects are unobservable in reactor experiments

Criticism based on misinterpretation is invalid

Authors' original conclusions remain unchanged

Abstract

In arXiv:2209.00561 our treatment arXiv:2208.03736 of effects of particles emitted together with neutrinos on neutrino wave packets is criticized on several grounds. We show here that this criticism is based on misinterpretation of our results and is invalid. Our conclusions and, in particular, the conclusion that neutrino wave packet separation effects are unobservable in reactor and neutrino source experiments, remain unchanged.