Pressure-induced quantum critical point in a heavily hydrogen-doped iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO
Abstract
An iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$H$_x$ (0 $\leq x \leq$ 0.6) undergoes two antiferromagnetic (AF) phases upon H doping. We investigated the second AF phase ($x$=0.6) using NMR techniques under pressure. At pressures up to 2 GPa, the ground state is a spin-density-wave state with a large gap; however, the gap closes at 4.0 GPa, suggesting a pressure-induced quantum critical point. Interestingly, the gapped excitation coexists with gapless magnetic fluctuations at pressures between 2 and 4 GPa. This coexistence is attributable to the lift up of the $d_{xy}$ orbital to the Fermi level, a Lifshitz transition under pressure.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1905.06606
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1905.06606
- Bibcode:
- 2019arXiv190506606T
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Superconductivity