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Reply to Reply and Further Analysis of paper "New probing techniques of radiative shocks" (C. Stehle et al, Opt.Comm. 285, 64 (2012))

We show in this paper that the "reply to comment" by Chantal Stehlé et al was not satisfactorily and is contradictory to their latest results. The analysis of the published results of their last campaign reveals an average shock velocity below 20 km/s which should not be compatible with the existence of a radiative precursor. Furthermore, XUV probing is sensitive to density more than to temperature and is not suited to probe a radiative precursor, which is a pure temperature wave. These results also suggest exploding back layers of the pusher and some jet originating from a crater at the back of the pusher.