Abstract
In the iron pnictides, the strong sensitivity of the iron magnetic moment to the arsenic position suggests a significant relationship between phonons and magnetism. We measured the phonon dispersion of several branches in the high-temperature tetragonal phase of CaFe2 As2 using inelastic x-ray scattering on single-crystal samples. These measurements were compared to ab initio calculations of the phonons. Spin-polarized calculations imposing the antiferromagnetic order present in the low-temperature orthorhombic phase dramatically improve agreement between theory and experiment. This is discussed in terms of the strong antiferromagnetic correlations that are known to persist in the tetragonal phase.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 220511 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 22 |
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| State | Published - Jun 19 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |