Reply to ``Comment on `Symmetry energy and the isospin dependent equation of state' "

Shetty, D. V.; Yennello, S. J.; Botvina, A. S.; Souliotis, G. A.; Jandel, M.; Bell, E.; Keksis, A.; Soisson, S.; Stein, B.; Iglio, J.

Reply to ``Comment on `Symmetry energy and the isospin dependent equation of state' "

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We show that the large sequential decay corrections obtained by Ono {\it et al} [nucl-ex/0507018], is in contradiction with both the other dynamical and statistical model calculations carried out for the same systems and energy. On the other hand, the conclusion of Shetty {\it {et al.}} $[$Phys. Rev. C 70, 011601R (2004)$]$, that the experimental data favors Gogny$-$AS interaction (obtained assuming a significantly smaller sequential decay effects), is consistent with several other independent studies.
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