2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/17517We have measured the dynamics of individual magnetic fluxoids entering and leaving thin film, photolithographically patterned rings of underdoped high-temperature superconductor BSCCO using a variable sample temperature scanning SQUID microscope. These measurements can be understood within a phenomenological model in which the fluxoid number changes by thermal activation of a Pearl vortex in the ring wall. We place upper limits on the "vison" binding energy in these samples from these measurements.4 pages, 4 figuresSuperconductivitytext