Fig. 4
Same as Fig. 1 but for τ Cet in the thermal imaging scenario described in Sect. 3.3.2, observing at 10 μm with an instrument similar to E-ELT/METIS. The planets here are detected mainly via their thermal emission. From left to right, the star symbols and error bars show the contrast expected for planets candidates b, c, d, e, and f (Tuomi et al. 2013) over the range of albedos and recirculation parameters described in Sect. 2.4. If confirmed, planet f would be amenable to direct characterization of its thermal emission.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.