We have measured the dynamics of individual magnetic fluxoids entering and
leaving photolithographically patterned thin film rings of the underdoped
high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, using a
variable sample temperature scanning SQUID microscope. These results can be
qualitatively described using a model in which the fluxoid number changes by
thermally activated nucleation of a Pearl vortex in, and transport of the Pearl
vortex across, the ring wall.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figures, fixed typo