Nulling interferometry: impact of exozodiacal clouds on the performance of future life-finding space missions

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Table 1:

Instrumental parameters considered in this study for D ARWIN/TPF.
Instrumental parameters	Emma X-Array design
Max. baselines [m]	$400 \times 67$
Telescope diameter [m]	2.0
Field of regard	46 $^\circ$ to 83 $^\circ$
Optics temperature [K]	40
Detector temperature [K]	8
Quantum efficiency	70%
Instrument throughput^a	10%
Science waveband [ $\mu$ m]	6.0-20.0
Modal filtering [ $\mu$ m]^b	6.0-11.5/11.5-20.0
Spectral resolution	60
Instrumental stability^c
- rms OPD error [nm]	1.5
- rms amplitude error	0.05%

^a Excluding ideal beam combiner losses and coupling efficiency; ^b see Sect. 3.2; ^c see Sect. 3.4.

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