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Title: Dome-shaped magnetic order competing with high-temperature superconductivity at high pressures in FeSe

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
  2. Univ. of Tokyo, Chiba (Japan)
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Yunnan Univ., Kunming (China)
  4. The Univ. of Electro-Communications, Tokyo (Japan)
  5. Kyoto Univ., Kyoto (Japan)
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  7. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  8. The Univ. of Tokyo, Chiba (Japan)

The coexistence and competition between superconductivity and electronic orders, such as spin or charge density waves, have been a central issue in high transition-temperature (Tc) superconductors. Unlike other iron-based superconductors, FeSe exhibits nematic ordering without magnetism whose relationship with its superconductivity remains unclear. Moreover, a pressure-induced fourfold increase of Tc has been reported, which poses a profound mystery. Here we report high-pressure magnetotransport measurements in FeSe up to ~15 GPa, which uncover the dome shape of magnetic phase superseding the nematic order. Above ~6 GPa the sudden enhancement of superconductivity (Tc ≤ 38.3 K) accompanies a suppression of magnetic order, demonstrating their competing nature with very similar energy scales. Above the magnetic dome, we find anomalous transport properties suggesting a possible pseudogap formation, whereas linear-in-temperature resistivity is observed in the normal states of the high-Tc phase above 6 GPa. In conclusion, the obtained phase diagram highlights unique features of FeSe among iron-based superconductors, but bears some resemblance to that of high-Tc cuprates.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1329162
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 7, Issue 12146; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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