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Universal relationship between low-energy antiferromagnetic fluctuations and superconductivity in BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$

Superconductivity 2019-08-20 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

To identify the key parameter for optimal superconductivity in iron pnictides, we measured the 31^{31}P-NMR relaxation rate on BaFe2_{2}(As1x_{1-x}Px_{x})2_{2} (x=0.22x = 0.22 and 0.28) under pressure and compared the effects of chemical substitution and physical pressure. For x=0.22x = 0.22, structural and antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition temperatures both show minimal changes with pressure up to 2.4~GPa, whereas the superconducting transition temperature TcT_{\rm c} increases to twice its former value. In contrast, for x=0.28x=0.28 near the AFM quantum critical point (QCP), the structural phase transition is quickly suppressed by pressure and TcT_{\rm c} reaches a maximum. The analysis of the temperature-dependent nuclear relaxation rate indicates that these contrasting behaviors can be quantitatively explained by a single curve of the TcT_{\rm c} dome as a function of Weiss temperature θ\theta, which measures the distance to the QCP. Moreover, the TcT_{\rm c}-θ\theta curve under pressure precisely coincides with that with chemical substitution, which is indicative of the existence of a universal relationship between low-energy AFM fluctuations and superconductivity on BaFe2_{2}(As1x_{1-x}Px_{x})2_{2}.

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@article{arxiv.1908.06589,
  title  = {Universal relationship between low-energy antiferromagnetic fluctuations and superconductivity in BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$},
  author = {Shunsaku Kitagawa and Takeshi Kawamura and Kenji Ishida and Yuta Mizukami and Shigeru Kasahara and Takasada Shibauchi and Takahito Terashima and Yuji Matsuda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.06589},
  year   = {2019}
}

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5 pages, 6 figures