Reply to “Comment to ‘Dynamics of supercooled confined water measured by deep inelastic neutron scattering’ by Y. Finkelstein and R. Moreh”

Abstract

We reply to the comment [Front. Phys. 14(5), 53605 (2019)] by Y. Finkelstein and R. Moreh on our article Front. Phys. 13(1), 138205 (2018). We agree with some of their criticisms about our calculation of the temperature effect on the kinetic energy of hydrogen atoms of supercooled confined water; we also agree with their statement that, in view of the current sensitivity of the technique, possible effects of the liquid–liquid water transition are hardly detected with deep inelastic neutron scattering (DINS). However, we disagree with their use of the translational mass ratio of a single water molecule and, in general, with their underestimation of collective effects.

Keywords

supercooled water / liquid–liquid transition / deep inelastic neutron scattering / libration / vibrational density of states / proton kinetic energy

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