Abstract
We present evidence that the mechanism proposed in Teles et al. [Phys. Rev. E 92, 020101 (2015)], referred to as the TGDC mechanism, does apply to a model with repulsive mean-field interactions where it produces temperature inversion in a state whose inhomogeneity is due to an external field. Such evidence contradicts the core statement of the Comment.We also discuss a related issue, concerning the possible application of the TGDC mechanism to the solar corona.
In
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics. Melville. Vol. 93, no. 6 (June 2016), 066102, 2 p.
