Using the spectra in the article ‘‘Very weak γ transitions in the ε/${\mathrm{\beta }}^{+}$ decay of 68 Ga’’ [D. T. Vo et al.. Phys. Rev. C 50, 1713 (1994)], Skalsey makes an interesting speculation in the accompanying article [M. Skalsey, Phys. Rev. C 54, 439 (1996), the preceding paper] on the possible existence of a positron feeding with a kinetic endpoint energy of 16 keV in the decay of ${}_{}{}^{68}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ga}$. Skalsey also points out the facts supporting the ${\mathit{e}}^{+}$ feeding to the 1656-keV level that were not mentioned by Vo et al. In this Reply to the Comment, we present information supporting the new ${\mathit{e}}^{+}$ decay to the 1656-keV level and further information on the statistical uncertainties that suggest an even greater skepticism than that shown by Skalsey about the possible existence of the 16-keV ${\mathit{e}}^{+}$ decay to the 1883-keV level upon which he commented. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

• Received 22 December 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.54.441