Hellings-Downs correlation (PTA)

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Hellings-Downs 1983: angular-correlation in pulsar-timing residuals for stochastic-GW background; quadrupolar pattern with ~1/3 amplitude at 90 deg, peaks at 0+180 deg; signature observed by NANOGrav 15-yr 2023 (3+ sigma).

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