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Table A.4

Approximate predictions for the asymptotic upper limits in detector thermal background and detector dark current perturbation to stay in the fundamental noise dominated case.

np = xns x= 1 x = 5
Thermal background temperature (K) 15.1 13.4
Detector dark current (e−1 s−1 px−1) 4.6 • 10−3 7.5 • 10−5

Notes. Presented values are for an observation of an Earth-twin at 10 pc with LIFE configured in the baseline scenario in the λb = 4.1 µm wavelength bin, i.e., the given values correspond to the limits in Fig. A.3.

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