Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-02-23
Phys. Rev. B 84, 014511 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
6 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.014511
The low energy phonons of two different graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) have been measured as a function of temperature using inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS). In the case of the non-superconductor BaC6, the phonons observed are significantly higher (up to 20 %) in energy than those predicted by theory, in contrast to the reasonable agreement found in superconducting CaC6. Additional IXS intensity is observed below 15 meV in both BaC6 and CaC6. It has been previously suggested that this additional inelastic intensity may arise from defect or vacancy modes in these compounds, unpredicted by theory (d'Astuto et al, Phys. Rev. B 81 104519 (2010)). Here it is shown that this additional intensity can arise directly from the large disorder of the available samples. Our results show that future theoretical work is required to understand the relationship between the crystal structure, the phonons and the superconductivity in GICs.
Alatas A.
Calandra Matteo
Dean Mark P. M.
Ellerby Mark
Hill John P.
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