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2014-06-26
High-Energy Damping by Particle-Hole Excitations in the Spin-Wave Spectrum of Iron-Based Superconductors
Using a degenerate double-exchange model, we investigate the spin excitation spectra of iron pnictides. The model consists of local spin moments on each Fe site, as well as itinerant electrons from the degenerate $d_{xz}$ and $d_{yz}$ orbitals. The local moments interact with each other through antiferromagnetic $J_{1}...
1406.6737v3
2014-07-02
Short-range cluster spin glass near optimal superconductivity in BaFe$_{2-x}$Ni$_{x}$As$_{2}$
High-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides occurs when electrons are doped into their antiferromagnetic (AF) parent compounds. In addition to inducing superconductivity, electron-doping also changes the static commensurate AF order in the undoped parent compounds into short-range incommensurate AF order near ...
1407.0568v1
2014-07-07
Enhancement of Transition Temperature in FexSe0.5Te0.5 Film via Iron Vacancies
The effects of iron deficiency in FexSe0.5Te0.5 thin films (0.8<x<1) on superconductivity and electronic properties have been studied. A significant enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature (TC) up to 21K was observed in the most Fe deficient film (x=0.8). Based on the observed and simulated structural...
1407.1575v1
2014-07-11
Superconductivity by transition metal doping in Ca$_{10}$(Fe$_{1-x}$M$_x$As)$_{10}$(Pt$_3$As$_8$) (M = Co, Ni, Cu)
We report the successful substitution of cobalt, nickel, and copper for iron in the 1038 phase parent compound Ca$_{10}$(FeAs)$_{10}$(Pt$_3$As$_8$) yielding Ca$_{10}$(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$As)$_{10}$(Pt$_3$As$_8$), Ca$_{10}$(Fe$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$As)$_{10}$(Pt$_3$As$_8$), and Ca$_{10}$(Fe$_{1-x}$Cu$_x$As)$_{10}$(Pt$_3$As$_8$), res...
1407.3100v1
2014-07-19
Magnetic states of iron-based superconducting compounds calculated by using GGA$+U$ method with negative \emph{U}
The magnetic moments per Fe atom in high-$T{_\textrm{c}}$ iron-based superconducting compounds, BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ and LaFeAsO obtained from the first-principles calculation with local-spin-density approximation are much larger than those obtained from experiments. To resolve the contradictory results between theory an...
1407.5137v1
2014-08-04
In-gap Bound States Induced by Interstitial Fe Impurities in Iron-based Superconductors
Based on a two-orbit four-band tight binding model, we investigate the low-lying electronic states around the interstitial excess Fe ions in the iron-based superconductors by using T-matrix approach. It is shown that the local density of states at the interstitial Fe impurity (IFI) possesses a strong resonance inside t...
1408.0567v1
2014-08-12
Mechano-sysntesis and structural, magnetic and thermal characterization of $α$-Fe nanoparticles embedded in a Wüstite matrix
Magnetic materials for specific applications require an accurate control and complete comprehension of their magnetic properties. In particular, nanoparticles embedded in a polycrystalline matrix emerge as good candidates for applications due to the possibility of tuning the magnetic properties through interface intera...
1408.2703v1
2014-08-20
Hot pressing to enhance the transport Jc of Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 superconducting tapes
High-performance Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 (Sr-122) tapes have been successfully fabricated using hot pressing (HP) process. The effect of HP temperatures (850-925 C) on the c-axis texture, resistivity, Vickers micro-hardness, microstructure and critical current properties has been systematically studied. Taking advantage of hig...
1408.4516v2
2014-08-29
What You Should Know About Megaprojects, and Why: An Overview
This paper takes stock of megaproject management, an emerging and hugely costly field of study. First, it answers the question of how large megaprojects are by measuring them in the units mega, giga, and tera, concluding we are presently entering a new "tera era" of trillion-dollar projects. Second, total global megapr...
1409.0003v1
2014-09-04
Anomalous High-Energy Electronic Interaction in Iron-Based Superconductor
Strong electron interactions in solids increase effective mass, and shrink the electronic bands [1]. One of the most unique and robust experimental facts about iron-based superconductors [2-4] is the renormalization of the conduction band by factor of 3 near the Fermi level [5-9]. Obviously related to superconductivity...
1409.1537v1
2014-09-05
The electronic structure of rare-earth iron silicide R2Fe3Si5 superconductors
The electronic structures of R2Fe3Si5 (where R = Lu, Tm, Er, Tb, Yb) intermetallics have been calculated from first principles in local-spin density (LSDA) and LSDA + U approaches. The majority of rare-earth iron silicides, except for the heavy-fermion Yb-based compound, exhibit almost equal values of density of states...
1409.1861v1
2014-09-10
$X_{max}^μ$ vs. $N^μ$ from Extensive Air Showers as estimator for the mass of primary UHECR's. Application for the Pierre Auger Observatory
We study the possibility of primary mass estimation for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR's) using the $X_{max}^{\mu}$ (the height where the number of muons produced on the core of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) is maximum) and the number $N^{\mu}$ of muons detected on ground. We use the 2D distribution - $X_{max}^{\mu...
1409.2972v1
2014-09-11
Challenges in the Theoretical Description of Nanoparticle Reactivity: Nano Zero-Valent Iron
The reactivity of iron atoms, clusters and nanoparticles (nZVI) is of increasing interest owing to their important practical applications, ranging from the steel industry to water remediation technologies. Here, we provide an overview of computational methods and models that can be applied to study nZVI reactions and d...
1409.3529v1
2014-09-23
The effect of Cr impurity to superconductivity in electron-doped BaFe2-xNixAs2
We use transport and magnetization measurements to study the effect of Cr-doping to the phase diagram of the electron-doped superconducting BaFe2-xNixAs2 iron pnictides. In principle, adding Cr to electron-doped BaFe2-xNixAs2 should be equivalent to the effect of hole-doping. However, we find that Cr doping suppresses ...
1409.6402v1
2014-09-29
Fe I Oscillator Strengths for Transitions from High-lying Even-Parity Levels
New radiative lifetimes, measured to $\pm$ 5 % accuracy, are reported for 31 even-parity levels of Fe I ranging from 45061 cm$^{-1}$ to 56842 cm$^{-1}$. These lifetimes have been measured using single-step and two-step time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence on a slow atomic beam of iron atoms. Branching fractions hav...
1409.8142v1
2014-09-30
Direct observation of spin-orbit coupling in iron-based superconductors
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a fundamental interaction in solids which can induce a broad spectrum of unusual physical properties from topologically non-trivial insulating states to unconventional pairing in superconductors. In iron-based superconductors (IBS) its role has so far been considered insignificant with the ...
1409.8669v2
2014-10-10
BaFe$_2$Se$_3$: a high $T_{\rm C}$ magnetic multiferroic with large ferrielectric polarization
The iron-selenides are important because of their superconducting properties. Here, an unexpected phenomenon is predicted to occur in an iron-selenide compound with a quasi-one-dimensional ladder geometry: BaFe$_2$Se$_3$ should be a magnetic ferrielectric system, driven by its magnetic block order via exchange strictio...
1410.2682v1
2014-10-12
Comment on "Multiorbital Effects on the Transport and the Superconducting Fluctuations in LiFeAs"
In the commented work (PRL 109, 187005 (2012)), Rullier-Albenque et al. present measurements of transverse magnetoresistivity above the transition temperature Tc in clean LiFeAs. By analyzing their data, these authors conclude that the conductivity induced by fluctuations follows a two-dimensional (2D) behavior even cl...
1410.3139v3
2014-10-13
Dusty tails of evaporating exoplanets. I. Constraints on the dust composition
Recently, two exoplanet candidates have been discovered, KIC 12557548b and KOI-2700b, whose transit profiles show evidence for a comet-like tail of dust trailing the planet, thought to be fed by the evaporation of the planet's surface. We aim to put constraints on the composition of the dust ejected by these objects fr...
1410.3494v1
2014-10-17
Coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity in iron based pnictides: a time resolved magnetooptical study
Ferromagnetism and superconductivity are antagonistic phenomena. Their coexistence implies either a modulated ferromagnetic order parameter on a lengthscale shorter than the superconducting coherence length or a weak exchange coupling between the itinerant superconducting electrons and the localized ordered spins. In s...
1410.4651v1
2014-10-21
Searching for high magnetization density in bulk Fe: the new metastable Fe$_6$ phase
We report the discovery of a new allotrope of iron by first principles calculations. This phase has $Pmn2_1$ symmetry, a six-atom unit cell (hence the name Fe$_6$), and the highest magnetization density (M$_s$) among all known crystalline phases of iron. Obtained from the structural optimizations of the Fe$_3$C-cementi...
1410.5875v1
2014-10-23
On the origin of the electronic anisotropy in iron pnicitde superconductors
We use polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy to study the anisotropy of the electronic characteristics of the iron-pnictide parent compounds $A$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ ($A$~=~Eu, Sr). We demonstrate that above the structural phase transition at Ts the dynamical anisotropic properties of the 122 compounds are governed by th...
1410.6452v1
2014-10-23
Critical Quadrupole Fluctuations and Collective Modes in Iron Pnictide Superconductors
The multiband nature of iron pnictides gives rise to a rich temperature-doping phase diagram of competing orders and a plethora of collective phenomena. At low dopings, the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural transition is closely followed by a spin density wave transition both being in close proximity to the superco...
1410.6456v2
2014-10-24
Strong Coupling Between Whispering Gallery Photons and Spin States of Iron Group Impurity Ions
Interaction of Whispering Gallery Modes (WGM) with dilute spin ensembles in solids is an interesting paradigm of Hybrid Quantum Systems potentially beneficial for Quantum Signal Processing applications. In the present work, WGM spectroscopy of Rare-Earth doped YSO crystal reveals the existence of Iron Group Ion (IGI) c...
1410.6578v4
2014-10-24
Investigation of the crystal and magnetic structures of the trigonal multiferroic iron-boracite Fe3B7O13(OH)
We have investigated the crystal and magnetic structures of the trigonal iron-boracite Fe3B7O13X with X = OH by neutron diffraction. Neutron diffraction enables us to locate the hydrogen atom of the hydroxyl group and determine the magnetic ground state of this member of the multiferroic boracite family. No evidence wa...
1410.6602v1
2014-11-06
Study of magnetic iron nitride thin films deposited by high power impulse magnetron sputtering
In this work, we studied phase formation, structural and magnetic properties of iron-nitride (Fe-N) thin films deposited using high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) and direct current magnetron sputtering (dc-MS). The nitrogen partial pressure during deposition was systematically varied both in HiPIMS and dc...
1411.1614v2
2014-11-12
Block magnetic excitations in the orbitally selective Mott insulator BaFe2Se3
Iron pnictides and selenides display a variety of unusual magnetic phases originating from the interplay between electronic, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom. Using powder inelastic neutron scattering on the two-leg ladder BaFe2Se3, we fully characterize the static and dynamic spin correlations associated with t...
1411.3337v2
2014-11-18
High critical current density in textured Ba-122/Ag tapes fabricated by scalable rolling process
The industrial manufacturing of the long-length iron-pnictide wires and tapes requires simple and low-cost technology. Although the transport critical current density of the FeAs-122 tapes has already achieved the practical application level, their fabrication procedures are relatively complicated or required specializ...
1411.4720v2
2014-11-19
QSGW+DMFT: an electronic structure scheme for the iron pnictides and beyond
While in strongly correlated materials one often focuses on local electronic correlations, the influence of non-local exchange and correlation effects beyond band-theory can be pertinent in systems with more extended orbitals. Thus in many compounds an adequate theoretical description requires the joint treatment of lo...
1411.5180v1
2014-11-24
Superconductivity In K- And Na- Doped Bafe2as2: What Can We Learn From Heat Capacity And Pressure Dependence of Tc
A brief overview of changes in the superconducting transition temperature under pressure and evolution of specific heat capacity jump at Tc for two related families of iron - based superconductors, Ba{1-x}KxFe2As2 (0.2 < x < 1.0) and Ba{1-x}NaxFe2As2 (0.2 < x < 0.9) will be given. For Ba{1-x}KxFe2As2 the specific heat ...
1411.6485v1
2014-11-27
Short-Time Dynamics of Fe2/V13 Magnetic Superlattice Models
Critical relaxation from a low-temperature fully ordered state of Fe2/V13 iron-vanadium magnetic superlattice models has been studied using the method of short-time dynamics. Systems with three variants of the ratio R of inter- to intralayer exchange coupling have been considered. Particles with N = 262144 spins have b...
1411.7546v1
2014-12-02
Unabridged phase diagram for single-phased FeSexTe1-x thin films
A complete phase diagram and its corresponding physical properties are essential prerequisites to understand the underlying mechanism of iron based superconductivity. For the structurally simplest 11 (FeSeTe) system, earlier attempts using bulk samples have not been able to do so due to the fabrication difficulties. He...
1412.0888v1
2014-12-02
Quantum Criticality in the 122 Iron Pnictide Superconductors Emerging from Orbital-Selective Mottness
The twin issues of the nature of the normal state and competing order(s) in the iron arsenides are central to understanding their unconventional, high-Tc superconductivity. We use a combination of transport anisotropy measurements on detwinned Sr(Fe(1-x)Co(x))2As2 single crystals and local density approximation plus dy...
1412.1034v2
2014-12-04
Coexistence pressure for a martensitic transformation from theory and experiment: revisiting the bcc-hcp transition of iron under pressure
The coexistence pressure of two phases is a well-defined point at fixed temperature. In experiment, however, due to non-hydrostatic stresses and a stress-dependent potential energy barrier, different measurements yield different ranges of pressure with a hysteresis. Accounting for these effects, we propose an inequalit...
1412.1849v2
2014-12-07
Suppression of superconductivity and structural phase transition against pressure in Ca$_{10}$(Ir$_{4}$As$_{8}$)(Fe$_{2-x}$Ir$_{x}$As$_{2}$)$_{5}$
We measured the pressure dependence of in-plane resistivity $\rho_{ab}$ in the recently-discovered iron-based superconductor Ca$_{10}$(Ir$_{4}$As$_{8}$)(Fe$_{2-x}$Ir$_{x}$As$_{2}$)$_{5}$, which shows a unique structural phase transition in the absence of magnetic ordering, with a superconducting transition temperature ...
1412.2317v1
2014-12-09
Spin excitations in the nematic phase and the metallic stripe spin-density wave phase of iron pnictides
We present a general study of the magnetic excitations within a weak-coupling five-orbital model relevant to itinerant iron pnictides. As a function of enhanced electronic correlations, the spin excitations in the symmetry broken spin-density wave phase evolve from broad low-energy modes in the limit of weak interactio...
1412.2912v1
2014-12-09
Optimization of a Non-arsenic Iron-based Superconductor for Wire Fabrication
We report on the optimization of synthesis of iron-selenide (non-arsenic) superconducting powders that are based on '122' composition, with optimal Tc = 38 K and Jc = 10^5 A/cm2 (4 K). We also report on the wire proof-of concept for these materials, by producing ~ 40 ft of wire that produce Ic. The 122 selenides are mo...
1412.3065v1
2015-01-07
Temperature dependence of iron local magnetic moment in phase-separated superconducting chalcogenide
We have studied local magnetic moment and electronic phase separation in superconducting K$_{x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ by x-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy. Detailed temperature dependent measurements at the Fe K-edge have revealed coexisting electronic phases and their correlation with the transport properties. By ...
1501.01558v1
2015-01-09
First-principles theory of electron-spin fluctuation coupling and superconducting instabilities in iron selenide
We present first-principles calculations of the coupling of quasiparticles to spin fluctuations in iron selenide and discuss which types of superconducting instabilities this coupling gives rise to. We find that strong antiferromagnetic stripe-phase spin fluctuations lead to large coupling constants for superconducting...
1501.02200v1
2015-01-15
Strain effects in monolayer Iron-Chalcogenide superconductors
The successful fabrication of one monolayer FeSe on SrTiO$_{3}$ represented a real breakthrough in searching for high-T$_{c}$ Fe-based superconductors (Ref. 1). Motivated by this important discovery, we studied the effects of tensile strain on one monolayer and bulk iron-chalcogenide superconductors (FeSe and FeTe), sh...
1501.03630v1
2015-01-16
Spectroscopic Studies of Iron-based Superconductors, Multi-ferroic Oxides and Double-perovskite: Phonons, Electronic and Spin Excitations
Raman spectroscopy is a very powerful probe to study the nature of quasi-particle excitations in condensed matter physics. The work presented in this thesis is focused on two different families of novel materials, namely the iron-based superconductors (FeBS), multiferroic oxides and double perovskite. Although the prop...
1501.04055v1
2015-01-19
Superconductivity at 52 K in hydrogen-substituted LaFeAsO1-xHx under high pressure
The 1111-type iron-based superconductor LnFeAsO1-xFx (Ln stands for lanthanide) is the first material with a Tc above 50 K, other than cuprate superconductors. Electron doping into LaFeAsO by H, rather than F, revealed a double-dome-shaped Tc-x diagram, with a first dome (SC1, 0.05<x<0.20) and a second dome (SC2, 0.2<x...
1501.04544v1
2015-01-20
Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)iron(III) molecules and its magnetic coupling with ferromagnetic surface: first-principles study
Using first-principles calculations, we have systematically investigated the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of facial (fac-) and meridional (mer-) tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)iron(III) (Feq3) molecules and their interaction with ferromagnetic substrate. Our calculation results show that for the isolated Fe...
1501.04926v1
2015-01-23
Antiferroquadrupolar and Ising-Nematic Orders of a Frustrated Bilinear-Biquadratic Heisenberg Model and Implications for the Magnetism of FeSe
Motivated by the properties of the iron chalcogenides, we study the phase diagram of a generalized Heisenberg model with frustrated bilinear-biquadratic interactions on a square lattice. We identify zero-temperature phases with antiferroquadrupolar and Ising-nematic orders. The effects of quantum fluctuations and inter...
1501.05926v4
2015-01-26
A Large Sample of Am Candidates from LAMOST Data Release 1
We present a sample of metallic-line star (Am) candidates from the Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope Data Release one (LAMOST DR1). According to the characteristic of under-abundance of calcium and overabundance of iron element of Am stars, we propose an empirical separation curve derived from l...
1501.06233v1
2015-01-28
Dynamics and stability of icosahedral Fe-Pt nanoparticles
The structure, dynamics and stability of Fe-Pt nanoparticles have been investigated using DFT-based techniques: total energy calculations and DFT molecular dynamics. The investigated systems included multi-shell and disordered nanoparticles of iron and platinum. The study is concerned with icosahedral particles with ma...
1501.07143v2
2015-01-28
57Fe Mossbauer study of Lu2Fe3Si5 iron silicide superconductor
With the advent of Fe-As based superconductivity it has become important to study how superconductivity manifests itself in details of 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy of conventional, Fe - bearing superconductors. To this end, the iron-based superconductor Lu2Fe3Si5 has been studied by 57Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy over the ...
1501.07254v2
2015-02-12
Strong $(π,0)$ spin fluctuations in $β$-FeSe observed by neutron spectroscopy
We have performed powder inelastic neutron scattering measurements on the unconventional superconductor $\beta$-FeSe ($T_{\rm c} \simeq 8\,\mathrm{K}$). The spectra reveal highly dispersive paramagnetic fluctuations emerging from the square-lattice wave vector $(\pi,0)$ extending beyond 80 meV in energy. Measurements a...
1502.03838v2
2015-02-15
In situ observation of phase separation and hierarchical microstructure of KxFe2-ySe2 single crystals
The nature of the phase separation in KxFe2-ySe2 single crystals is not well understood. Here, temperature dependent SEM images provide compelling evidence that phase separation corresponds to a nucleation and growth process rather than a spinodal decomposition. The superconducting phase is the remnant of high temperat...
1502.04335v1
2015-02-16
Tuning electronic correlations in transition metal pnictides: chemistry beyond the valence count
The effects of electron-electron correlations on the low-energy electronic structure and their relationship with unconventional superconductivity are central aspects in the research on the iron-based pnictide superconductors. Here we use soft X-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (SX-ARPES) to study how elect...
1502.04565v1
2015-02-20
Competing magnetic double-Q phases and superconductivity-induced re-entrance of C2 magnetic stripe order in iron pnictides
We perform a microscopic theoretical study of the generic properties of competing magnetic phases in iron pnictides. As a function of electron filling and temperature, the magnetic stripe (single-Q) order forms a dome, but competing non-collinear and non-uniform double-Q phases exist at the foot of the dome in agreemen...
1502.05859v2
2015-02-20
Valence fluctuations in a lattice of magnetic molecules: application to iron(II) phtalocyanine molecules on Au(111)
We study theoretically a square lattice of the organometallic Kondo adsorbate iron(II) phtalocyanine (FePc) deposited on top of Au(111), motivated by recent scanning tunneling microscopy experiments. We describe the system by means of an effective Hubbard-Anderson model, where each molecule has degenerate effective $d-...
1502.05995v1
2015-02-23
Spin fluctuations in iron pnictides and chalcogenides: From antiferromagnetism to superconductivity
The present article reviews recent experimental investigations of spin dynamics in iron-based superconductors and their parent compounds by means of inelastic neutron scattering. It mainly focuses on the most contemporary developments in this field, pertaining to the observations of magnetic resonant modes in new super...
1502.06570v1
2015-02-25
Robust $s_{\pm}$-wave superconductivity against multi-impurity in iron-based superconductors
Effects of disorder on electron-doped iron pnictides are investigated systematically based on self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. Multiply impurities with same scattering potential (SP) are randomly distributed in a square lattice. Probability distribution functions of normalized order parameters for differ...
1502.07305v1
2015-03-09
Magnetic Cluster Expansion model for random and ordered magnetic face-centered cubic Fe-Ni-Cr alloys
A Magnetic Cluster Expansion (MCE) model for ternary face-centered cubic Fe-Ni-Cr alloys has been developed using DFT data spanning binary and ternary alloy configurations. Using this MCE model Hamiltonian, we perform Monte Carlo simulations and explore magnetic structures of alloys over the entire range of alloy compo...
1503.02481v1
2015-03-19
Oxygen, α-element and iron abundance distributions in the inner part of the Galactic thin disc
We derived elemental abundances in 27 Cepheids, the great majority situated within a zone of Galactocentric distances ranging from 5 to 7 kpc. One star of our sample, SU Sct, has a Galactocentric distance of about 3 kpc, and thus falls in a poorly investigated region of the inner thin disc. Our new results, combined wi...
1503.05898v1
2015-03-27
Temperature and composition phase diagram in the iron-based ladder compounds Ba1-xCsxFe2Se3
We investigated the iron-based ladder compounds (Ba,Cs)Fe$_2$Se$_3$. Their parent compounds, BaFe$_2$Se$_3$ and CsFe$_2$Se$_3$, have different space groups, formal valences of Fe and magnetic structures. Electrical resistivity, specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, X-ray diffraction and powder neutron diffraction mea...
1503.08129v1
2015-04-09
Low-field microwave absorption and magnetoresistance in iron nanostructures grown by electrodeposition on n-type lightly-doped silicon substrates
In this study we investigate magnetic properties, surface morphology and crystal structure in iron nanoclusters electrodeposited on lightly-doped (100) n-type silicon substrates. Our goal is to investigate the spin injection and detection in the Fe/Si lateral structures. The samples obtained under electric percolation ...
1504.02508v1
2015-04-14
Strong similarities between the local electronic structure of insulating iron pnictide and lightly doped cuprate
One of the major puzzles regarding unconventional superconductivity is how some of the most interesting superconductors are related to an insulating phase that lies in close proximity. Here we report scanning tunneling microscopy studies of the local electronic structure of Cu doped NaFeAs across the superconductor to ...
1504.03515v1
2015-04-14
Pressure Induced Enhancement of Superconductivity in LaRu2P2
To explore new superconductors beyond the copper-based and iron-based systems is very important. The Ru element locates just below the Fe in the periodic table and behaves like the Fe in many ways. One of the common thread to induce high temperature superconductivity is to introduce moderate correlation into the system...
1504.03652v1
2015-04-14
Vestigial chiral and charge orders from bidirectional spin-density waves: Application to the iron-based superconductors
Recent experiments in optimally hole-doped iron arsenides have revealed a novel magnetically ordered ground state that preserves tetragonal symmetry, consistent with either a charge-spin density wave (CSDW), which displays a non-uniform magnetization, or a spin-vortex crystal (SVC), which displays a non-collinear magne...
1504.03656v3
2015-04-20
Raman scattering as a probe of nematic correlations
We use the symmetry constrained low energy effective Hamiltonian of iron based superconductors to study the Raman scattering in the normal state of underdoped iron-based superconductors. The incoming and scattered Raman photons couple directly to orbital fluctuations and indirectly to the spin fluctuations. We computed...
1504.05054v2
2015-04-23
The origin of anomalous diffusion in iron mononitride thin films
We have studied the origin of a counter intuitive diffusion behavior of Fe and N atoms in a iron mononitride (FeN) thin film. It was observed that in-spite of a larger atomic size, Fe tend to diffuse more rapidly than smaller N atoms. This only happens in the N-rich region of Fe-N phase diagram, in the N-poor regions, ...
1504.06047v1
2015-04-28
Emergent loop-nodal s$_\pm$-wave superconductivity in CeCu$_2$Si$_2$: similarities to the iron-based superconductors
Heavy-fermion superconductors are prime candidates for novel electron-pairing states due to the spin-orbital coupled degrees of freedom and electron correlations. Superconductivity in CeCu$_2$Si$_2$ discovered in 1979, which is a prototype of unconventional (non-BCS) superconductors in strongly correlated electron syst...
1504.07312v1
2015-05-09
Exploration of new superconductors and functional materials and fabrication of superconducting tapes and wires of iron pnictides
This paper reviews the highlights of a 4-years-long research project supported by the Japanese Government to explore new superconducting materials and relevant functional materials. The project found several tens of new superconductors by examining ~1000 materials, each of which was chosen by Japanese team member exper...
1505.02240v1
2015-05-19
Electronic structure of NaFeAs superconductor: LDA+DMFT calculations compared with ARPES experiment
We present the results of extended theoretical LDA+DMFT calculations for a new iron-pnictide high temperature superconductor NaFeAs compared with the recent high quality angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) experiments on this system [1]. The universal manifestation of correlation effects in iron-pnictides is narrowing...
1505.04963v1
2015-05-20
Effect of Al doping on phase formation and thermal stability of iron nitride thin films
In the present work, we systematically studied the effect of Al doping on the phase formation of iron nitride (Fe-N) thin films. Fe-N thin films with different concentration of Al (Al=0, 2, 3, 6, and 12 at.%) were deposited using dc magnetron sputtering by varying the nitrogen partial pressure between 0 to 100%. The st...
1505.05371v1
2015-05-21
Abundances in the atmosphere of the metal-rich planet-host star HD 77338
Abundances of Fe, Si, Ni, Ti, Na, Mg, Cu, Zn, Mn, Cr and Ca in the atmosphere of the K-dwarf HD 77338 are determined and discussed. HD 77338 hosts a hot Uranus-like planet and is currently the most metal-rich single star to host any planet. Determination of abundances was carried out in the framework of a self-consiste...
1505.05843v1
2015-06-02
Coexistence of antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic spin correlations in SrCo2As2 revealed by 59Co and 75As NMR
In nonsuperconducting, metallic paramagnetic SrCo2As2, inelastic neutron scattering measurements have revealed strong stripe-type $\chi$(q) = ($\pi$,0) antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin correlations. Here, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on 59Co and 75As nuclei, we demonstrate that stronger ferromagnetic...
1506.00994v2
2015-06-03
Magneto-structural transformations via a solid-state nudged elastic band method: Application to iron under pressure
We extend the solid-state nudged elastic band method to handle a non-conserved order parameter - in particular, magnetization, that couples to volume and leads to many observed effects in magnetic systems. We apply this formalism to the well-studied magneto-volume collapse during the pressure-induced transformation in ...
1506.01403v1
2015-06-15
Tuning orbital-selective correlation effects in superconducting Rb$_{0.75}$Fe$_{1.6}$Se$_{2-z}$S$_z$
We report on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy on superconducting and metallic iron chalcogenides Rb$_{0.75}$Fe$_{1.6}$Se$_{2-z}$S$_z$. The superconducting transition is reduced from $T_c=$ 32 K ($z=0$) to 22 K ($z=1.0$), and finally suppressed ($z=1.4$) by isoelectronic substitution of Se with S. Dielectric constant ...
1506.04614v3
2015-06-15
The effects of Coulomb interactions on the superconducting gaps in iron-based superconductors
Recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements of Co-doped LiFeAs report a large and robust superconducting gap on the $\Gamma$-centered hole band that lies 8 meV below the Fermi level. We show that, unlike a conventional superconductor described by BCS theory, a multiband system with strong interband Co...
1506.04762v3
2015-06-29
First-principle study of antimony doping effects on the iron-based superconductor CaFe(Sb$_{x}$As$_{1-x}$)$_{2}$
We study antimony doping effects in the iron-based superconductor CaFe(Sb$_{x}$As$_{1-x}$)$_{2}$ by using the first-principle calculation. The calculations reveal that the substitution of the doped antimony atom into As of the chainlike As layers is more stable than that in FeAs layers. This prediction can be checked b...
1506.08515v1
2015-07-07
Anisotropy of iron-platinum-arsenide Ca10(PtnAs8)(Fe2-xPtxAs2)5 single crystals
The upper critical field Hc2 anisotropy of Ca10(PtnAs8)(Fe2-xPtxAs2)5 (n = 3, 4) single crystals with long FeAs interlayer distance (d) was studied by angular dependent resistivity measurements. A scaling of the angular dependent resistivity was realized for both single crystals using the anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau (A...
1507.01987v1
2015-07-10
Proper motions in Terzan 5: membership of the multi-iron sub-populations and first constrain to the orbit
By exploiting two sets of high-resolution images obtained with HST ACS/WFC over a baseline of ~10 years we have measured relative proper motions of ~70,000 stars in the stellar system Terzan 5. The results confirm the membership of the three sub-populations with different iron abudances discovered in the system. The or...
1507.03020v1
2015-07-16
Magnetic penetration depth in disordered iron-based superconductors
We study the effect of disorder on the London penetration depth in iron-based superconductors. The theory is based on a two-band model with quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surfaces, which allows for the coexistence region in the phase diagram between magnetic and superconducting states in the presence of intraband and inte...
1507.04762v1
2015-07-17
Testing the Kerr Paradigm with X-ray Observations
Astrophysical black hole candidates are thought to be the Kerr black holes of general relativity, but the actual nature of these objects has still to be confirmed. The continuum-fitting and the iron line methods are currently the only available techniques to probe the spacetime geometry around these bodies and test the...
1507.05036v1
2015-07-20
Minimum X-ray source size for a lamp-post corona in light-bending models for AGN
The lamppost model is often used to describe the X-ray source geometry in AGN, where an infinitesimal point source is located on the black hole spin axis. This is especially invoked for Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies, where an extremely broad iron line seen in episodes of low X-ray flux can both be explained by ...
1507.05564v1
2015-07-28
Deep X-ray spectroscopy and imaging of the Seyfert 2 galaxy, ESO 138-G001
We present a spectral and imaging analysis of the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of the Seyfert 2 galaxy ESO138-G001, with the aim of characterizing the circumnuclear material responsible for the soft (0.3-2.0 keV) and hard (5-10 keV) X-ray emission. We confirm that the source is absorbed by Compton-thick gas. How...
1507.07708v1
2015-07-31
Emergent Kondo scaling in iron-based superconductors AFe2As2 (A = K, Rb, Cs)
Unconventional superconductivity from heavy fermion (HF) is always observed in f-electron systems, in which Kondo physics between localized f-electrons and itinerant electrons plays an essential role. Whether HF superconductivity could be achieved in other systems without f electrons, especially for d-electron systems,...
1507.08732v2
2015-08-04
Toward precision mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclei relevant to $r$-process nucleosynthesis
The open question of where, when, and how the heavy elements beyond iron enrich our Universe has triggered a new era in nuclear physics studies.\ Of all the relevant nuclear physics inputs, the mass of very neutron-rich nuclides is a key quantity for revealing the origin of heavy elements beyond iron.\ Although the pre...
1508.00695v1
2015-08-17
Engineering the magnetic anisotropy of atomic-scale nanostructure under electric field
Atomic-scale magnetic nanostructures are promising candidates for future information processing devices. Utilizing external electric field to manipulate their magnetic properties is an especially thrilling project. Here, by careful identifying different contributions of each atomic orbital to the magnetic anisotropy en...
1508.03917v1
2015-08-24
A template method for measuring the iron spectrum in cosmic rays with Cherenkov telescopes
The energy-dependent abundance of elements in cosmic rays plays an important role in understanding their acceleration and propagation. Most current results are obtained either from direct measurements by balloon- or satellite-borne detectors, or from indirect measurements by air shower detector arrays on the Earth's su...
1508.05823v1
2015-09-07
Valence fluctuations and empty-state resonance for Fe adatom on a surface
We report on the formation of the high-energy empty-state resonance in the electronic spectrum of the iron adatom on the Pt(111) surface. By using the combination of the first-principles methods and the finite-temperature exact diagonalization approach, we show that the resonance is the result of the valence fluctuatio...
1509.02109v2
2015-09-29
The far-ultraviolet spectra of "cool" PG1159 stars
We present a comprehensive study of Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spectra (912-1190 A) of two members of the PG1159 spectral class, which consists of hydrogen-deficient (pre-) white dwarfs with effective temperatures in the range Teff = 75,000-200,000 K. As two representatives of the cooler objects, we ...
1509.08927v1
2015-10-02
Electronic structure and magnetic properties of FeTe, BiFeO$_3$, SrFe$_{12}$O$_{19}$ and SrCoTiFe$_{10}$O$_{19}$ compounds
The electronic energy structures and magnetic properties of iron-based compounds with group VI elements (FeTe, BiFeO$_3$, SrFe$_{12}$O$_{19}$ and SrCoTiFe$_{10}$O$_{19}$) are studied using the density functional theory (DFT) methods. Manifestations of different types of chemical bonds in magnetism of these compounds ar...
1510.00513v1
2015-10-05
Spin-Driven Nematic Instability of the Multi-Orbital Hubbard Model: Application to Iron-Based Superconductors
Nematic order resulting from the partial melting of density-waves has been proposed as the mechanism to explain nematicity in iron-based superconductors. An outstanding question, however, is whether the microscopic electronic model for these systems -- the multi-orbital Hubbard model -- displays such an ordered state a...
1510.01389v2
2015-10-08
Orbital order, spin waves, and doping effects in the $(π,0)$ SDW state --- comparative study of the three band models for iron pnictides
Aimed at identifying the role of microscopic Hamiltonian parameters on spin wave excitations, orbital order, and magnetic moments in the $(\pi,0)$ SDW state, two different three band models for iron pnictides are compared --- one at two-third filling ($n=4$) and another at half filling $(n=3)$ --- both of which yield q...
1510.02276v1
2015-10-23
Charge doping versus impurity scattering in chemically substituted iron-pnictides
To reveal the relative importance of charge doping and defect scattering in substitutionally modified 122 iron pnictides, we perform a systematic first principles study on selected bands at the Fermi level. Disorder effects are induced by various substitutions using an orbital based coherent potential approximation (CP...
1510.06941v1
2015-10-29
Robust Majorana signature detection with a coupled quantum dot-nanomechanical resonator in all-optical domain
Motivated by a recent experiment [Nadj-Perge et al., Science 346, 602 (2014)] providing evidence for Majorana zero modes in iron chains on the superconducting Pb surface, in the present work, we theoretically propose an all-optical scheme to detect Majorana fermions, which is very different from the current tunneling m...
1510.08679v1
2015-11-03
Doping-Enhanced Antiferromagnetism in Ca1-xLaxFeAs2
In iron pnictides, high temperature superconductivity emerges after suppressing antiferromagnetism by doping. Here we show that antiferromagnetism in Ca$_{1-x}$La$_x$FeAs$_2$ is robust against and even enhanced by doping. Using $^{75}$As-nuclear magnetic resonance and nuclear quadrupole resonance techniques, we find th...
1511.00760v1
2015-11-03
The role of spin-orbit interaction in the ultrafast demagnetization of small iron clusters
The ultra-fast demagnetization of small iron clusters initiated by an intense optical excitation is studied with time-dependent spin density functional theory (TDSDFT). In particular we investigate the effect of the spin-orbit interaction on the onset of the demagnetization process. It is found that the initial rate of...
1511.00864v1
2015-11-09
Energy dependence of the spin excitation anisotropy in uniaxial-strained BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2
We use inelastic neutron scattering to study the temperature and energy dependence of the spin excitation anisotropy in uniaxial-strained electron-doped iron pnictide BaFe$_{1.9}$Ni$_{0.1}$As$_2$ near optimal superconductivity ($T_c=20$ K). Our work has been motivated by the observation of in-plane resistivity anisotro...
1511.02759v1
2015-12-07
Origin of the DC and AC conductivity anisotropy in iron-based superconductors: scattering rate versus spectral weight effects
To shed light on the mechanism responsible for the in-plane resistivity anisotropy in the nematic phase of the iron-based superconductors, we investigate the impact of spin fluctuations on the anisotropic AC conductivity. On the one hand, the scattering of electrons off magnetic fluctuations causes an anisotropic scatt...
1512.02259v2
2015-12-08
Multi-orbital quantum antiferromagnetism in iron pnictides --- effective spin couplings and quantum corrections to sublattice magnetization
Towards understanding the multi-orbital quantum antiferromagnetism in iron pnictides, effective spin couplings and spin fluctuation induced quantum corrections to sublattice magnetization are obtained in the $(\pi,0)$ AF state of a realistic three band interacting electron model involving $xz$, $yz$, and $xy$ Fe 3d orb...
1512.02398v1
2015-12-15
Elastic coupling and spin-driven nematicity in iron-based superconductors
Spin-driven nematic order that has been proposed for iron-based superconductors is generated by pronounced fluctuations of a striped density wave state. On the other hand it is a well known fact that nematic order parameter couples bilinearly to the strain, which supresses the fluctuations of the nematic order paramete...
1512.04861v1
2015-12-28
Hole-$s_{\pm}$ State Induced by Coexisting Ferro- and Aniferromagnetic and Aniferro-orbital Fluctuations in the Iron Pnictides
The multi-orbital Hubbard model is investigated in order to clarify the electron correlation effects and the superconductivity in the iron-based superconductor. The renormalization effects on the self-energy and the two-particle irreducible vertex function are calculated on the basis of the dynamical mean field theory....
1512.08327v1
2016-01-08
Detecting the orbital character of the spin fluctuation in the Iron-based superconductors with the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectroscopy
The orbital distribution of the spin fluctuation in the iron-based superconductors(IBSs) is the key information needed to understand the magnetism, superconductivity and electronic nematicity in these multi-orbital systems. In this work, we propose that the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering(RIXS) technique can be use...
1601.01809v3
2016-01-12
The B/C and sub-Iron/Iron Cosmic ray ratios - further evidence in favor of the spiral arm diffusion model
The Boron to Carbon (B/C) and sub-Fe/Fe ratios provides an important clue on Cosmic Ray (CR) propagation within the Galaxy. These ratios estimate the grammage that the CR traverse as they propagate from their sources to Earth. Attempts to explain these ratios within the standard CR propagation models require ad hoc mod...
1601.03072v2
2016-01-13
Relationship between Pairing Symmetries and Interaction Parameters in Iron-Based Superconductors from Functional Renormalization Group Calculations
Pairing symmetries of iron-based superconductors are investigated systematically in a five-orbital model within the different regions of interaction parameters by functional renormalization group(FRG). Even for a fixed Fermi surface with both hole and electron pockets, it is found that depending on interaction paramete...
1601.03228v2