Reply to Comment on 'Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of light absorption'

Geza Meszena, Hans V. Westerhoff and O. Somsen

Journal of Physics A:Mathematics and General 33: 1301-1303 (2000)



Abstract

In response to the comments made by Dr Andrews, we explain why his
arguments support rather than compromise the analysis published in
our recent paper. Our thermodynamical description of the early steps of 
photosynthesis is consistent both with the established theory of quantum
electrodynamics and with the known biophysics of the process. Moreover, it 
ties in with the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of chemical processes.