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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN A MESOSCOPIC DOUBLE SQUARE LOOP: EFFECT OF IMPERFECTIONS 0 0 ∗ ♯ 0 V. M. Fomin , J. T. Devreese 2 Theoretische Fysica van de Vaste Stof, Universiteit Antwerpen (U.I.A.), Universiteitsplein 1, n B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgi¨e a J 4 1 V. Bruyndoncx, V. V. Moshchalkov ] Laboratorium voor Vaste-Stoffysica en Magnetisme, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, n Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgi¨e o c (February 1, 2008) - r p u s. Abstract t a m - We have generalized the network approach to include the effects of short- d range imperfections in order to analyze recent experiments on mesoscopic n o superconducting double loops. The presence of weakly scattering imperfec- c tions causes gaps in the phase boundary B (T ) or Φ(T ) for certain intervals of [ T , which depend on the magnetic flux penetrating each loop. This is accom- 2 panied by a critical temperature T (Φ), showing a smooth transition between v c 1 symmetric and antisymmetric states. When the scattering strength of imper- 0 fections increases beyond a certain limit, gaps in the phase boundary T (B) or 2 c T (Φ) appear for values of magnetic flux lying in intervals around half-integer 1 c 0 Φ0 = hc/2e. The critical temperature corres