WMAP Team
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The WMAP Team is the group of scientists behind the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission, which precisely mapped the cosmic microwave background and revolutionized our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| WMAP Team canonical | 1 |
| WMAP collaboration | 1 |
| WMAP science team | 1 |
| Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Science Team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4163749 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WMAP Team Context triple: [Gruber Cosmology Prize, notableRecipient, WMAP Team]
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A.
Supernova Cosmology Project
The Supernova Cosmology Project is an international research collaboration that used observations of distant Type Ia supernovae to discover the accelerating expansion of the universe, providing key evidence for dark energy.
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B.
George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.
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C.
High-z Supernova Search Team
The High-z Supernova Search Team was an international collaboration of astronomers that used distant Type Ia supernovae to discover the accelerating expansion of the universe, leading to the concept of dark energy.
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D.
Planck
Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
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E.
James Peebles
James Peebles is a Canadian-American physicist and cosmologist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WMAP Team Target entity description: The WMAP Team is the group of scientists behind the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission, which precisely mapped the cosmic microwave background and revolutionized our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
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A.
Supernova Cosmology Project
The Supernova Cosmology Project is an international research collaboration that used observations of distant Type Ia supernovae to discover the accelerating expansion of the universe, providing key evidence for dark energy.
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B.
George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided strong evidence for the Big Bang theory.
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C.
High-z Supernova Search Team
The High-z Supernova Search Team was an international collaboration of astronomers that used distant Type Ia supernovae to discover the accelerating expansion of the universe, leading to the concept of dark energy.
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D.
Planck
Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
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E.
James Peebles
James Peebles is a Canadian-American physicist and cosmologist renowned for his pioneering work on the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomy collaboration
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cosmology collaboration ⓘ research team ⓘ scientific collaboration ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Goddard Space Flight Center
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Johns Hopkins University ⓘ NASA ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ multiple international research institutions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Science Team
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linked to:
WMAP Team
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| basedIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Lambda-CDM cosmological model
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linked to:
Lambda-CDM model
constraints on inflationary models ⓘ establishing the age of the universe at about 13.7 billion years ⓘ evidence for cold dark matter ⓘ evidence for dark energy dominance in the universe ⓘ measurements of the geometry of the universe ⓘ precision cosmology ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| field |
astrophysics
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cosmic microwave background research ⓘ cosmology ⓘ observational cosmology ⓘ |
| mission |
to determine key cosmological parameters
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to map the cosmic microwave background with high precision ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name)
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linked to:
WMAP
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| notableWork |
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission
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linked to:
WMAP
determination of the age of the universe ⓘ determination of the composition of the universe ⓘ measurement of cosmological parameters ⓘ measurement of the universe’s development over time ⓘ precision mapping of the cosmic microwave background ⓘ |
| operated | Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe project
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linked to:
WMAP
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| publicationType | peer-reviewed scientific articles ⓘ |
| studied |
baryon density
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cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ cosmological parameters such as Hubble constant ⓘ curvature of the universe ⓘ dark energy density ⓘ dark matter density ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ reionization history of the universe ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
21st-century cosmology
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early 2000s ⓘ |
| usedInstrument |
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
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linked to:
WMAP
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| usedMethod |
anisotropy measurements of the CMB
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full-sky mapping of microwave background ⓘ power spectrum analysis of CMB fluctuations ⓘ space-based microwave observations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: WMAP Team Description of subject: The WMAP Team is the group of scientists behind the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission, which precisely mapped the cosmic microwave background and revolutionized our understanding of the universe’s age, composition, and development.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WMAP Team
linked to: WMAP Team
linked to: WMAP Team