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Contrast limit at the VLTI as a function of the transmission efficiency of the interferometer (Tr, in percents). The coloured curves represent theoretical contrast limits set by the thermal background of the telescope and interferometric laboratory (300 K). The dashed curves indicate the contrast limit from detector readout noise. The simulation parameters are detailed in Table 2.
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