title: Response to "Comment on 'Analyses of bifurcation of reaction pathways on a global reaction route map: A case study of gold cluster Au5"' [J. Chem. Phys. 143, 177101 (2015)].
abstract: The existence of a valley-ridge transition (VRT) point along the intrinsic reaction coordinate does not always indicate the existence of two minima in the product side, but VRT is a sign of bifurcating nature of dynamical trajectories running on the potential energy surface. It is demonstrated by molecular dynamics simulations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harabuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taketsugu