Bistability of persistent currents in mesoscopic rings
  We study the persistent currents flowing in a mesoscopic ring threaded by a magnetic flux and connected to a stub of finite length. Multistability processes and Coulomb blockade are demonstrated to be present in this system. These properties are functions of the magnetic flux crossing the ring which plays the role that the external applied potential fulfills in the multistability behaviour of the standard mesoscopic heterostructures. 
E. Anda (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil), V. Ferrari and G.   Chiappe (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)