Phys. Rev. B 78, 184517 (2008) [6 pages]Pressure-induced volume-collapsed tetragonal phase of CaFe2As2 as seen via neutron scattering
Recent investigations of the superconducting iron-arsenide families have highlighted the role of pressure, be it chemical or mechanical, in fostering superconductivity. Here we report that CaFe2As2 undergoes a pressure-induced transition to a nonmagnetic volume “collapsed” tetragonal phase, which becomes superconducting at lower temperature. Spin-polarized total-energy calculations on the collapsed structure reveal that the magnetic Fe moment itself collapses, consistent with the absence of magnetic order in neutron diffraction. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.184517
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.184517
PACS:
74.62.Fj, 61.50.Ks, 61.05.fm, 71.15.Nc
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