WMAP Team

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astronomy collaboration cosmology collaboration research team scientific collaboration

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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WMAP Team canonical 1
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Science Team 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomy collaboration ⓘ
cosmology collaboration ⓘ
research team ⓘ
scientific collaboration ⓘ
affiliation Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
multiple international research institutions ⓘ
associatedWith WMAP Team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Science Team
basedIn United States of America ⓘ
contributedTo Lambda-CDM model ⓘ
surface form: Lambda-CDM cosmological 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 ⓘ
cosmic microwave background research ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
observational cosmology ⓘ
mission to determine key cosmological parameters ⓘ
to map the cosmic microwave background with high precision ⓘ
namedAfter WMAP ⓘ
surface form: David Todd Wilkinson (via WMAP spacecraft name)
notableWork WMAP ⓘ
surface form: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission

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 WMAP ⓘ
surface form: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe project
publicationType peer-reviewed scientific articles ⓘ
studied baryon density ⓘ
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 ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
usedInstrument WMAP ⓘ
surface form: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
usedMethod anisotropy measurements of the CMB ⓘ
full-sky mapping of microwave background ⓘ
power spectrum analysis of CMB fluctuations ⓘ
space-based microwave observations ⓘ

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Gruber Cosmology Prize → notableRecipient → WMAP Team ⓘ
WMAP Team → associatedWith → WMAP Team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Science Team