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Table 6

Probability of detecting at least one magma ocean planet with atmospheric emissivity ϵ = 0.01, based on fluxdensity calculations performed with brightness temperatures from Lupu et al. (2014; see Fig. 7).

P (%) – 5 h P (%) – 50 h


Filter SA ϵ = 0.01 ϵ = 0.01
L56 β Pictoris 4.4 35.7
Tucana-Horologium 14.0
Columba 16.5
TW Hydrae 7.1

L10 β Pictoris 26.4 86.1
Tucana-Horologium 25.3
Columba 28.6
TW Hydrae 13.1

E22 β Pictoris 0.1 7.1
Tucana-Horologium 0.4
Columba 0.4
TW Hydrae 0.04

E38 β Pictoris 5.1
Tucana-Horologium 0.06

Notes. Detection likelihoods are shown for the most promising stellar targets, for different integration times (5 and 50 h per star) and instruments (L56: LIFE 5.6 μm, L10: LIFE 10 μm, E22: ELT 2.2 μm, E38: ELT 3.8 μm). We do not show detection probabilitiesfor ELT 11.6 μm, as it is not able to detect any magma ocean planets (cf. Fig. 7).

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