Reply to "Comment on 'Effect of alpha-nucleus potential on the Al-27(alpha,t)Si-28 reaction'" - art. no. 049802

The point stressed by Michel and Reidemeister is that the Michel potential in our work is not final and an adjustment of the parameter alpha gives an elastic distribution and a potential similar to that obtained for the molec ular one. This is usual in the absence of the elastic data at large angles as commented on by Tariq et al. [Phys, Rev. C 59, 2558 (1999)]. However, th e inadequacy of the Michel potential with the parameter alpha = 7.4 in the description of the (alpha, t) reaction data leads to a finding of a better value for the parameter by Michel and Reidemeister. This justifies the use of the molecular and Michel potentials in the analysis of the reaction and conforms to the suggestion by Satchler (Ref. [40] in Tariq et at) that the performance of a potential in nonelastic processes is a stronger criterion in its selection.