Thursday, March 28, 2013

1303.6822 (P. Burger et al.)

Strong Pauli-limiting behavior and uniaxial pressure dependencies in
KFe$_2$As$_2$
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P. Burger, F. Hardy, D. Aoki, A. E. Böhmer, R. Heid, T. Wolf, P. Schweiss, R. Fromknecht, M. J. Jackson, C. Paulsen, C. Meingast
KFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ single crystals are studied using specific-heat, high-resolution thermal-expansion, magnetization, and magnetostriction measurements. The magnetization and magnetostriction data provide clear evidence for strong Pauli limiting effects for magnetic fields parallel to the FeAs planes, suggesting that KFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ may be a good candidate to search for the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state. Using standard thermodynamic relations, the uniaxial pressure derivatives of the critical temperature ($T_{c}$), the normal-state Sommerfeld coefficient ($\gamma_{n}$), the normal-state susceptibility ($\chi$), and the thermodynamic critical field ($H_{c}$) are calculated from our data. We find that the close relationship between doping and pressure as found in other Fe-based systems does not hold for KFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6822

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