75As, 87Rb and 85Rb nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) and 87Rb nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in RbFe2As2 iron-based superconductor are presented. We observe a marked broadening of 75As NQR spectrum below T0≃140 K which is associated with the onset of a charge order in the FeAs planes. Below T0 we observe a power-law decrease in 75As nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate down to T∗≃20 K. Below that temperature the nuclei start to probe different dynamics owing to the different local electronic configurations induced by the charge order. A fraction of the nuclei probes spin dynamics associated with electrons approaching a localization while another fraction probes activated dynamics possibly associated with a pseudogap. These different trends are discussed in the light of an orbital selective behaviour expected for the electronic correlations.
@article{arxiv.1608.04532,
title = {Superconductivity emerging from an electronic phase separation in the charge ordered phase of RbFe$_2$As$_2$},
author = {E. Civardi and M. Moroni and M. Babij and Z. Bukowski and P. Carretta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04532},
year = {2016}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures and 4 pages of supplemental material