"Hellings and Downs curve" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Hellings and Downs curves [plural]
Etymology: Named after R.W. Hellings and G.S. Downs, who first calculated it. Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: Hellings-Downs curve
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