Phase transitions and iron-ordered moment form factor in LaFeAsO

Details Phase transitions and iron-ordered moment form factor in LaFeAsO Phase transitions and iron-ordered moment form factor in LaFeAsO

2010-07-13

arxiv.org/abs/1007.2197v1

Physical Review B 82, 064409 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

7 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables

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Elastic neutron scattering studies of an optimized LaFeAsO single crystal reveal that upon cooling, an onset of the tetragonal (T)-to-orthorhombic (O) structural transition occurs at $T_\texttt{S} \approx 156$ K, and it exhibits a sharp transition at $T_\texttt{P} \approx 148$ K. We argue that in the temperature range $T_\texttt{S}$ to $T_\texttt{P}$, T and O structures may dynamically coexist possibly due to nematic spin correlations recently proposed for the iron pnictides, and we attribute $T_\texttt{P}$ to the formation of long-range O domains from the finite local precursors. The antiferromagnetic structure emerges at $T_\texttt{N} \approx 140$ K, with the iron moment direction along the O \emph{a} axis. We extract the iron magnetic form factor and use the tabulated $\langle j_0\rangle$ of Fe, Fe$^{2+}$ and Fe$^{3+}$ to obtain a magnetic moment size of $\sim$0.8 $\mu_\texttt{B}$ at 9.5 K.

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