title: Reply to "Comment on 'Temperature inversion in long-range interacting systems' ".
abstract: We present evidence that the mechanism proposed in Teles et al. [Phys. Rev. E 92, 020101 (2015)PRESCM1539-375510.1103/PhysRevE.92.020101], 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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15051, Código de Endereçamento Postal 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.|Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Código de Endereçamento Postal 90050-170, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tarcísio N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Teles
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Shamik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and CSDC, Università di Firenze, and INFN, sezione di Firenze, via G. Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierfrancesco
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Cintio
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and CSDC, Università di Firenze, and INFN, sezione di Firenze, via G. Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.|INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Lapo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Casetti