Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-12-23
Physical Review B, volume 83, 134438, 2011
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.83.134438
We present the magnetic structure of the itinerant monoarsenide, FeAs, with the B31 structure. Powder neutron diffraction confirms incommensurate modulated magnetism with wavevector $\mathbf{q} = (0.395\pm0.001)\mathbf{c}^*$ at 4 K, but cannot distinguish between a simple spiral and a collinear spin-density wave structure. Polarized single crystal diffraction confirms that the structure is best described as a non-collinear spin-density wave arising from a combination of itinerant and localized behavior with spin amplitude along the b-axis direction being (15 $\pm$ 5)% larger than in the a-direction. Furthermore, the propagation vector is temperature dependence, and the magnetization near the critical point indicates a two-dimensional Heisenberg system. The nature of the magnetism in the simplest iron arsenide is of fundamental importance in understanding the interplay between localized and itinerant magnetism and superconductivity.
Butch Nicholas P.
Green Mark A.
Kirshenbaum Kevin
Krycka K.
Majkrzak Charles F.
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