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Title: Tetragonal magnetic phase in Ba 1 - x K x Fe 2 As 2 from x-ray and neutron diffraction

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Afyon Kocatepe Univ., Afyon (Turkey). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  3. Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot (United Kingdom). ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States). Physics Dept.
  5. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

In this paper, combined neutron and x-ray diffraction experiments demonstrate the formation of a low-temperature minority magnetic tetragonal phase in Ba0.76K0.24Fe2As2 in addition to the majority magnetic, orthorhombic phase. The coincident enhancement in the magnetic (1/2 1/2 1) peaks shows that this minority phase is of the same type that was observed in Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 (0.24 ≤ x ≤ 0.28), in which the magnetic moments reorient along the c axis. This is evidence that the tetragonal magnetic phase is a universal feature of the hole-doped iron-based superconductors. Finally, the observations suggest that in this regime the energy levels of the C2 and C4 symmetric magnetic phases are very close.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot (United Kingdom)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (United Kingdom)
Contributing Organization:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States); Afyon Kocatepe Univ., Afyon (Turkey)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1356619
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1222240
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 9; ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 50 works
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