Reply to "Commentary on "Total Hadronic Cross Section Data and the Froissart-Martin Bound", by Fagundes, Menon and Silva"

Abstract

A reply to the above mentioned commentary by M.M. Block and F. Halzen on our quoted work is presented. We answer to each point raised by these authors and argument that our data reductions, strategies and methodology are adequate to the nonlinear-fit-problem in focus. In order to exemplify some arguments, additional information from our subsequent analysis is referred to. A brief commentary on the recent results by Block and Halzen is also presented. We understand that this reply gives support to the results and conclusions presented in our quoted work.

Comments: 16 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, discussion extended and improved in sections III and IV (one paragraph reformulated after Eq. (2)), 5 references added and 3 updated, section III (Reply to Criticisms) and conclusions unchanged