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Science 16 December 2005:
Vol. 310. no. 5755, p. 1769
DOI: 10.1126/science.1119314
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Technical Comments

Response to Comment on "Characterization of Excess Electrons in Water-Cluster Anions by Quantum Simulations"

László Turi,1 Wen-Shyan Sheu,2 Peter J. Rossky3*

We reiterate that the conclusions of our original report are based on identifiable characteristic trends in several observables with cluster size. The numerical comparison between simulated and experimental vertical detachment energies emphasized by Verlet et al. reflect quantitative limitations of our atomistic model, but, in our opinion, do not undermine these conclusions.

1 Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Physical Chemistry, Budapest 112, Post Office Box 32, H-1518, Hungary.
2 Department of Chemistry, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan 242, ROC.
3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712–1167, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rossky{at}mail.utexas.edu

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