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Antiferromagnetic ordering in arrays of superconducting<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:math>-rings

We report experiments in which one dimensional (1D) and two dimensional (2D) arrays of YBa2Cu3O7-x-Nb pi-rings are cooled through the superconducting transition temperature of the Nb in various magnetic fields. These pi-rings have degenerate ground states with either clockwise or counter-clockwise spontaneous circulating supercurrents. The final flux state of each …