\begin{table}%t4 \caption{\label{tab:darwin_results}Expected performance in terms of number of stars surveyed and planets characterised during the nominal 5-year mission for various telescope diameters and planet radii. } %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{l c c c | c c} \hline \hline Telescope diameter & 1-m & 2-m & 4-m & 2-m & 2-m \\ Planet radius [$R_\oplus$] & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1.5 & 2 \\ \hline \textbf{Detection} & & & & & \\ Surveyed (5 years) & 89 & 303 & 813 & 590 & 921 \\ Surveyed (2 years) & 58 & 189 & 497 & 370 & 564 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# F stars & 3 & 10 & 35 & 27 & 46 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# G stars & 11 & 43 & 136 & 96 & 164 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# K stars & 14 & 61 & 183 & 130 & 206 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# M stars & 30 & 75 & 143 & 117 & 148 \\ \hline \textbf{Spectroscopy} & & & & & \\ Staring (CO$_2$,O$_3$) & 20 & 64 & 199 & 132 & 234 \\ Rotating (CO$_2$,O$_3$) & 20 & 43 & 127 & 89 & 159 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# F stars & 0 & 2 & 5 & 4 & 8 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# G stars & 2 & 7 & 25 & 17 & 36 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# K stars & 2 & 10 & 40 & 24 & 46\\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# M stars & 16 & 24 & 67 & 44 & 69 \\ Staring (H$_2$O) & 15 & 32 & 101 & 71 & 121 \\ Rotating (H$_2$O) & 11 & 21 & 60 & 48 & 83 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# F stars & 0 & 1 & 2 & 2 & 4 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# G stars & 0 & 4 & 11 & 8 & 16 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# K stars & 2 & 5 & 18 & 11 & 22 \\ \hspace{0.3 cm} \# M stars & 9 & 11 & 39 & 27 & 41 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip All stars are assumed to host a planet in the habitable zone and to be surrounded by an exozodiacal cloud 3~times denser that in the solar system. \end{table}