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Emergence of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>-period oscillations in the critical temperature of small superconducting rings threaded by magnetic flux

As a function of the magnetic flux threading the object, the Little-Parks oscillation in the critical temperature of a large-radius, thin-walled superconducting ring or hollow cylinder has a period given by $h/2e$, due to the binding of electrons into Cooper pairs. On the other hand, the single-electron Aharonov-Bohm oscillation in …