Hellings and Downs curve

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Etymology

Named after R.W. Hellings and G.S. Downs, who first calculated it.

Noun

Hellings and Downs curve (plural Hellings and Downs curves)

  1. (astronomy) A graph of the expected correlation of timing effects on pulsars due to cosmological gravitational waves, as a function of angle of separation of the pulsars.
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