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Multiple magnetic orders discovered in the superconducting state of EuFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$

Superconductivity 2024-12-24 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

The interplay between superconductivity and magnetism is an important subject in condensed matter physics. EuFe2_{2}As2_{2}-based iron pnictides could offer an interesting plateau to study their relationship that has attracted considerable attention. So far, two magnetic phase transitions were observed in EuFe2_{2}As2_{2}-based crystal, which were deemed to originate from the itinerant Fe moments (\sim 190 K) and the localized Eu2+^{2+} moments (\sim 19 K), respectively. Here, we systematically studied the heat capacity for the EuFe2_{2}(As1x_{1-x}Px_{x})2_{2} crystals with \textit{x} = 0.21 (optimally doped) and \textit{x} = 0.29 (overdoped). We have found two new magnetic orders in the superconducting state (ranging from 0.4 to 1.2 K) in the optimally doped crystal. As more P was introduced into the As site, one of the magnetic orders becomes absent in the overdoped crystal. Additionally, we observed strong field and orientation dependence in heat capacity. The present findings in EuFe2_{2}(As1x_{1-x}Px_{x})2_{2} have detected the new low-temperature magnetic orders, which may originate from the localized Eu2+^{2+} spins order or the spin reorientation.

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@article{arxiv.2412.16169,
  title  = {Multiple magnetic orders discovered in the superconducting state of EuFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$},
  author = {Nan Zhou and Yue Sun and Ivan S. Veshchunov and S. Kittaka and X. L. Shen and H. M. Ma and W. Wei and Y. Q. Pan and M. Cheng and Y. F. Zhang and Y. Kono and Yuping Sun and T. Tamegai and Xuan Luo and Zhixiang Shi and Toshiro Sakakibara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.16169},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, 12 figures