Hellings and Downs curves

A form of Hellings and Downs curve — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Hellings and Downs curve
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