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Role of the Fermi surface for the pressure-tuned nematic transition in the BaFe2 As2 family
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Elena Gati, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Li Xiang, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Sergey L. Bud’ko, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Paul C. Canfield, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
8-1-2019
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1557784
Report Number
IS-J 9998
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.100.064512
Journal Title
Physical Review B
Abstract

The tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transition at Ts, which precedes the antiferromagnetic phase transition at TN in many iron-based superconductors, is considered one of the manifestations of electronic nematic order. By constructing temperature-pressure phase diagrams of pure and Co-doped BaFe2As2, we study the relation of Ts and TN under pressure p. Our data disclose two qualitatively different regimes in which ΔT=Ts−TN either increases or decreases with p. We provide experimental evidence that the transition between the two regimes may be associated with sudden changes of the Fermi surface topology. Therefore, our results not only support the electronic origin of the structural order, but also emphasize the importance of details of the Fermi surface for the evolution of nematic order under pressure.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Elena Gati, Li Xiang, Sergey L. Bud’ko and Paul C. Canfield. "Role of the Fermi surface for the pressure-tuned nematic transition in the BaFe2 As2 family" Vol. 100 Iss. 6 (2019) p. 064512
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_canfield/205/