We report on superconductivity in CeFeAs1-xPxO and the possible coexistence with Ce- ferromagnetism (FM) in a small homogeneity range around x = 30% with ordering temperatures of T_SC = T_C = 4K. The antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering temperature of Fe at this critical concentration is suppressed to T^N_Fe ~ 40K and does not shift to lower temperatures with further increase of the P concentration. Therefore, a quantum-critical-point scenario with T^N_Fe -> 0K which is widely discussed for the iron based superconductors can be excluded for this alloy series. Surprisingly, thermal expansion and X-ray powder diffraction indicate the absence of an orthorhombic distortion despite clear evidence for short range AFM Fe-ordering from muon-spin-rotation measurements. Furthermore, we discovered the formation of a sharp electron spin resonance signal unambiguously connected with the emergence of FM ordering.
@article{arxiv.1206.7088,
title = {Ferromagnetism and superconductivity in P-doped CeFeAsO},
author = {A. Jesche and T. Förster and J. Spehling and M. Nicklas and M. de Souza and R. Gumeniuk and H. Luetkens and T. Goltz and C. Krellner and M. Lang and J. Sichelschmidt and H. -H. Klauss and C. Geibel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.7088},
year = {2012}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures, published in Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication, Editors suggestion)