Hellings-Downs curve

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

nounHellings-Downs curve (plural Hellings-Downs curves)

plural Hellings-Downs curves

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Hellings and Downs curve.
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