Reply to the Comment by M. Biskup, L. Chayes and R. Kotecky

TL;DR

This paper critically discusses Biskup et al.'s claim regarding the significance of conjugate thermodynamic variables in finite systems at fixed density, responding to their comment on the evaporation/condensation transition theory.

Contribution

It provides a detailed critique of the claim that conjugate thermodynamic variables lack physical significance in finite systems.

Findings

Rebuttal of Biskup et al.'s claim

Clarification of the role of thermodynamic variables in finite systems

Support for the original theory of evaporation/condensation transition

Abstract

In their comment to the paper ``Theory of the evaporation/condensation transition of equilibrium droplets in finite volumes'' [Physica A, 319, 99 (2003)], Biskup et al. claim that in finite systems at fixed density ``the physical significance of the conjugate thermodynamic variable is of dubious value''. This claim is critically discussed.