The electronic specific heat of Ba1-xKxFe2As2 from 2K to 380K

Details The electronic specific heat of Ba1-xKxFe2As2 from 2K to 380K The electronic specific heat of Ba1-xKxFe2As2 from 2K to 380K

2010-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/1001.0474v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

5 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Physical Review B

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Using a differential technique, we have measured the specific heats of polycrystalline Ba1-xKxFe2As2 samples with x=0, 0.1 and 0.3, between 2K and 380K and in magnetic fields 0 to 13 Tesla. From this data we have determined the electronic specific heat coefficient, gamma, over the entire range for the three samples. The most heavily doped sample (x=0.3) exhibits a large superconducting anomaly Delta gamma(Tc)~48mJ/molK^2 at Tc=35K, and we determine the energy gap, condensation energy, superfluid density and coherence length. In the normal state for the x=0.3 sample, gamma~47 mJ/molK^2 is constant from Tc to 380K. In the parent compound (x=0) there is a large almost first order anomaly at the spin density wave (SDW) transition at To=136K. This anomaly is smaller and broader for x=0.1. At low T, gamma is strongly reduced by the SDW gap for both x=0 and 0.1, but above To, gamma for all three samples are similar.

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