Abstract
Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on Ba(Fe 0.925Mn 0.075)2As 2 manifest spin fluctuations at two different wave vectors, Q stripe=(12,12,1) and Q Néel=(1,0,1), corresponding to the expected stripe spin-density wave order and checkerboard antiferromagnetic order in the tetragonal I4/mmm cell, respectively. Below T N=80K, long-range stripe magnetic ordering occurs and sharp spin wave excitations appear at Q stripe while broad and diffusive spin fluctuations remain at Q Néel at all temperatures. Low concentrations of Mn dopants nucleate local moment spin fluctuations at Q Néel that compete with itinerant spin fluctuations at Q stripe and may disrupt the development of superconductivity.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 020503 |
Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 2 |
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State | Published - Jul 13 2012 |