Question: George Smoot, a guest star in the Big Bang Theory episode, "The Terminator Decoupling", won what prize in 2006?
Context: Since the emergence of the Big Bang theory as the dominant physical cosmological paradigm, there have been a variety of reactions by religious groups regarding its implications for religious cosmologies.  Some accept the scientific evidence at face value, some seek to harmonize the Big Bang with their religious tenets, and some reject or ignore the evidence for the Big Bang theory. The eighth season of the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" first aired on CBS with a one-hour premiere on Monday, September 22, 2014.  It returned to its previous Thursday time slot on October 30 for the season's seventh episode.  It concluded on May 7, 2015.  On March 12, 2014, "The Big Bang Theory" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons. In cosmology, decoupling refers to a period in the development of the universe when different types of particles fall out of thermal equilibrium with each other.  This occurs as a result of the expansion of the universe, as their interaction rates decrease (and mean free paths increase) up to this critical point.  The two verified instances of decoupling since the Big Bang which are most often discussed are photon decoupling and neutrino decoupling, as these led to the cosmic microwave background and cosmic neutrino background, respectively. In cosmology, recombination refers to the epoch at which charged electrons and protons first became bound to form electrically neutral hydrogen atoms. Recombination occurred about 378,000 years after the Big Bang (at a redshift of "z" =  ).  The word "recombination" is misleading, since the big bang theory doesn't posit that protons and electrons had been combined before, but the name exists for historical reasons since it was named before the Big Bang hypothesis became the primary theory of the creation of the universe. George Fitzgerald Smoot III (born February 20, 1945) is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, Nobel laureate, and one of two contestants to win the 1 million prize on "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? ".  He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer with John C. Mather that led to the "discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation". The ninth season of the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" started airing on CBS on Monday, September 21, 2015.  It returned to its regular Thursday time slot on November 5, 2015 for the season's seventh episode.  It concluded on May 12, 2016.  On March 12, 2014, "The Big Bang Theory" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons.  Laura Spencer was upgraded to the main cast during the season as Dr. Emily Sweeney, after being a recurring cast member for two seasons. In Big Bang cosmology, neutrino decoupling refers to the epoch at which neutrinos ceased interacting with baryonic matter, and thereby ceased influencing the dynamics of the universe at early times.  Prior to decoupling, neutrinos were in thermal equilibrium with protons, neutrons, and electrons, which was maintained through the weak interaction.  Decoupling occurred approximately at the time when the rate of those weak interactions was slower than the rate of expansion of the universe.  Alternatively, it was the time when the time scale for weak interactions became greater than the age of the universe at that time.  Neutrino decoupling took place approximately one second after the Big Bang, when the temperature of the universe was approximately 10 billion kelvins, or 1 MeV. "The Terminator Decoupling" is an episode of the American comedy television series "The Big Bang Theory".  It first aired on CBS in the United States on March 9, 2009.  It is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the series and the thirty-fourth episode overall.  The episode features guest appearances by actress Summer Glau and cosmologist George Smoot. "The Big Bang Theory" is an American comedy television series created and executively produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.  Like the name of the series itself (with the exception of the first episode "Pilot"), episode titles of "The Big Bang Theory" always start with ""The"" and resemble the name of a scientific principle, theory or experiment, whimsically referencing a plot point or quirk that is stated in that episode. Chriselle Almeida is an actress of Indian origin.  She was born in Mumbai, India and raised in Fairfield, CT.  She started her career Off-Broadway in New York Cityand currently lives in Los Angeles.  She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Connecticut-Storrs and received a full scholarship towards her Master of Fine Arts in Acting from University of California, Los Angeles.  Her role as a Bollywood starlet who has an affair with a female journalist in [["When Kiran met Karen" caused some controversy in India.  She also was a guest star playing the role of Lakshmi, a prospective bride for [[Raj Koothrappali]] who turns out to be a closet lesbian in "[[The Big Bang Theory]]" episode, [[The Big Bang Theory (season 5)|"The Transporter Malfunction"]].  It was a dream come true working with the master of comedy [[Chuck Lorre]].  Other credits include "[[Grey's Anatomy]]" where she worked across [[Geena Davis]], "[[Melissa and Joey]]" with [[Melissa Joan Hart]], "[[Gossip Girl]]" with [[Jessica Szohr]] and "[[Sex and the City 2]]" with all for leads [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], [[Kristin Davis]], [[Cynthia Nixon]] and [[Kim Cattrall]].  Other Acting Credits include [[Body of Proof]], [[Loosely Exactly Nicole]] and [[Miss Indian America]]Through the years her national commercials including [[Verizon]], [[Bank of America]], [[Toyota]] [[KFC]].  Most recently she was nominated for Best Lead Actress at the [[Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California]] Film Festival for a short film.
Answer: Nobel Prize in Physics