We present a theory for the large suppression of the superfluid-density, ρs, in BaFe2(As1−xPx)2 in the vicinity of a putative spin-density wave quantum critical point at a P-doping, x=xc. We argue that the transition becomes weakly first-order in the vicinity of xc, and disorder induces puddles of superconducting and antiferromagnetic regions at short length-scales; thus the system becomes an electronic micro-emulsion. We propose that frustrated Josephson couplings between the superconducting grains suppress ρs. In addition, the presence of `normal' quasiparticles at the interface of the frustrated Josephson junctions will give rise to a highly non-trivial feature in the low frequency response in a narrow vicinity around xc. We propose a number of experiments to test our theory.
@article{arxiv.1502.04122,
title = {Phase transition beneath the superconducting dome in BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$},
author = {Debanjan Chowdhury and J. Orenstein and Subir Sachdev and T. Senthil},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.04122},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4.5 pages, 4 figures; (v2) made some textual changes for increased clarity. This version also includes a new figure, supplementary material and updated references