The nature of the magnetic and structural phase transitions in BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$

Details The nature of the magnetic and structural phase transitions in BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ The nature of the magnetic and structural phase transitions in BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$

2009-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/0903.2430v2

Stephen D. Wilson et al., Phys. Rev. B 79, 184519 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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We present the results of an investigation of both the magnetic and structural phase transitions in a high quality single crystalline sample of the undoped, iron pnictide compound BaFe$_2$As$_2$. Both phase transitions are characterized via neutron diffraction measurements which reveal simultaneous, continuous magnetic and structural orderings with no evidence of hysteresis, consistent with a single second order phase transition. The onset of long-range antiferromagnetic order can be described by a simple power law dependence $\phi(T)^2\propto(1-\frac{T}{T_N})^{2\beta}$ with $\beta=0.103\pm0.018$; a value near the $\beta=0.125$ expected for a two-dimensional Ising system. Biquadratic coupling between the structural and magnetic order parameters is also inferred along with evidence of three-dimensional critical scattering in this system.

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