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Pressure-induced quantum critical point in a heavily hydrogen-doped iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO

Superconductivity 2019-05-17 v1

Abstract

An iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO1x_{1-x}Hx_x (0 x\leq x \leq 0.6) undergoes two antiferromagnetic (AF) phases upon H doping. We investigated the second AF phase (xx=0.6) using NMR techniques under pressure. At pressures up to 2 GPa, the ground state is a spin-density-wave state with a large gap; however, the gap closes at 4.0 GPa, suggesting a pressure-induced quantum critical point. Interestingly, the gapped excitation coexists with gapless magnetic fluctuations at pressures between 2 and 4 GPa. This coexistence is attributable to the lift up of the dxyd_{xy} orbital to the Fermi level, a Lifshitz transition under pressure.

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@article{arxiv.1905.06606,
  title  = {Pressure-induced quantum critical point in a heavily hydrogen-doped iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO},
  author = {Masayoshi Takeuchi and Naoki Fujiwara and Takanori Kuwayama and Satoshi Nakagawa and Soshi Iimura and Satoru Matsuishi and Youichi Yamakawa and Hiroshi Kontani and Hideo Hosono},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.06606},
  year   = {2019}
}