Abstract

In a comment on our article “Theory of Thomson scattering in inhomogeneous media”, V. V. Belyi asserts that there is an inconsistency in our method of applying gradient effects via the dielectric superposition principle, in violation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem; and that his Klimontovich-Langevin formulation would be more appropriate to our application. While we agree that a generalization, along the lines of Belyi’s work, would be required for strongly coupled systems, for the weakly coupled systems which we considered, these corrections are not necessary and our approach is still appropriate.

Replying to: V. Belyi, Sci. Rep. 8 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25319-6.

Details

Title
Reply to ‘Thomson scattering in inhomogeneous plasmas: The Role of the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem’
Author
Kozlowski, P M 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gericke, D O 2 ; Regan, S P 3 ; Gregori, G 4 

1  Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom 
2  Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom 
3  Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 East River Road, Rochester, NY, United States 
4  Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom 
Pages
1-2
Publication year
2018
Publication date
May 2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25322-x
ProQuest document ID
2042209535
Copyright
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