Reply to "Comment on `Nonstandard superconductivity or no superconductivity in hydrides under high pressure' "

TL;DR

This paper defends previous findings that hydride superconductors exhibit nonstandard or no superconductivity, countering claims of flawed analysis by providing clarifications and rebuttals.

Contribution

The authors clarify and reaffirm their original analysis of hydride superconductors, addressing criticisms and defending their conclusions.

Findings

Hydrides show nonstandard or no superconductivity behavior.

The critique of the original analysis is unfounded.

The original survey remains valid and accurate.

Abstract

In Ref. [1] we surveyed the known hydride superconductors, and compared their resistive behavior to that of typical known superconductors, including conventional (e.g. NbN and MgB$_2$) and unconventional (e.g. YBCO) superconductors, and concluded that the behavior of the hydrides was indicative of nonstandard or no superconductivity. In the preceding comment, Talantsev, Minkov, Balakirev and Eremets [2] (arXiv:2311.07865) claim that we presented a "flawed analysis and a selective and inaccurate report of published data." Here we show that this claim is wrong.