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Pressure-induced volume-collapsed tetragonal phase of CaFe 2As2 as seen via neutron scattering

  • A. Kreyssig
  • , M. A. Green
  • , Y. Lee
  • , G. D. Samolyuk
  • , P. Zajdel
  • , J. W. Lynn
  • , S. L. Bud'ko
  • , M. S. Torikachvili
  • , N. Ni
  • , S. Nandi
  • , J. B. Leão
  • , S. J. Poulton
  • , D. N. Argyriou
  • , B. N. Harmon
  • , R. J. McQueeney
  • , P. C. Canfield
  • , A. I. Goldman

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Abstract

Recent investigations of the superconducting iron-arsenide families have highlighted the role of pressure, be it chemical or mechanical, in fostering superconductivity. Here we report that CaFe2As2 undergoes a pressure-induced transition to a nonmagnetic volume "collapsed" tetragonal phase, which becomes superconducting at lower temperature. Spin-polarized total-energy calculations on the collapsed structure reveal that the magnetic Fe moment itself collapses, consistent with the absence of magnetic order in neutron diffraction.

Original languageEnglish
Article number184517
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume78
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 24 2008
Externally publishedYes

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