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Parameter | |
Configuration | Emma X-Array Design with a 6:1 aspect ratio (see Table 1) |
Planet | Earth-sized planet with a constant temperature of 265 K across the habitable zone |
Exozodiacal density | Three times our solar system, based on Kelsall model (Kelsall et al. 1998) |
Mission duration | 5 years (2 years for survey and 3 years for characterisation) |
Retargeting time | 6 h |
Integration efficiency | 70% (accounting for overhead loss) |
Target stars | Darwin All Sky Survey Catalogue (DASCC, Kaltenegger et al. 2008) |
Earth-like planet per star (
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1 |
Habitable zone | 0.7-1.5 AU scaled with
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Time allocation | 10% F, 50% G, 30% K and 10% M stars |
Array rotation period | 50 000 s (not scaled with the array baseline length) |
SNR threshold for detection | 5 |
SNR threshold for spectroscopy | 5 (CO2,O3) and 10 (CO2,O3,H2O) |
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