Special Section on Leading-Edge Applications and Fundamentals of Superconducting Sensors and Detectors Development of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector for Cosmological Observations

Kenichi KARATSU†a), Satoru MIMA††, Shugo OGURI†††, Jihoon CHOI††††, R. M. THUSHARA DAMAYANTHI††, Agnes DOMINJON†, Noboru FURUKAWA††, Hirokazu ISHINO†††††, Nonmembers, Hikaru ISHITSUKA††††††, Member, Atsuko KIBAYASHI†††††, Yoshiaki KIBE†††††, Hitoshi KIUCHI†, Kensuke KOGA∗, Masato NARUSE∗∗, Tom NITTA†, Nonmembers, Takashi NOGUCHI†, Member, Takashi OKADA∗∗∗, Nonmember, Chiko OTANI††, Member, Shigeyuki SEKIGUCHI∗∗∗, Yutaro SEKIMOTO†, Masakazu SEKINE∗∗∗, Shibo SHU∗∗∗, Osamu TAJIMA†††, Kenta TAKAHASHI∗, Nozomu TOMITA∗∗∗, Hiroki WATANABE††††††, and Mitsuhiro YOSHIDA†††, Nonmembers

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