TY - JOUR
T1 - Reciprocity between local moments and collective magnetic excitations in the phase diagram of BaFe2(As1−xP x)2
AU - Pelliciari, Jonathan
AU - Ishii, Kenji
AU - Huang, Yaobo
AU - Dantz, Marcus
AU - Lu, Xingye
AU - Olalde-Velasco, Paul
AU - Strocov, Vladimir N.
AU - Kasahara, Shigeru
AU - Xing, Lingyi
AU - Wang, Xiancheng
AU - Jin, Changqing
AU - Matsuda, Yuji
AU - Shibauchi, Takasada
AU - Das, Tanmoy
AU - Schmitt, Thorsten
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Author(s).
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Unconventional superconductivity arises at the border between the strong coupling regime with local magnetic moments and the weak coupling regime with itinerant electrons, and stems from the physics of criticality that dissects the two. Unveiling the nature of the quasiparticles close to quantum criticality is fundamental to understand the phase diagram of quantum materials. Here, using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) and Fe − K β emission spectroscopy (XES), we visualize the coexistence and evolution of local magnetic moments and collective spin excitations across the superconducting dome in isovalently-doped BaFe2(As1 − xPx)2 (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.52 ). Collective magnetic excitations resolved by RIXS are gradually hardened, whereas XES reveals a strong suppression of the local magnetic moment upon doping. This relationship is captured by an intermediate coupling theory, explicitly accounting for the partially localized and itinerant nature of the electrons in Fe pnictides. Finally, our work identifies a local-itinerant spin fluctuations channel through which the local moments transfer spin excitations to the particle-hole (paramagnons) continuum across the superconducting dome.
AB - Unconventional superconductivity arises at the border between the strong coupling regime with local magnetic moments and the weak coupling regime with itinerant electrons, and stems from the physics of criticality that dissects the two. Unveiling the nature of the quasiparticles close to quantum criticality is fundamental to understand the phase diagram of quantum materials. Here, using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) and Fe − K β emission spectroscopy (XES), we visualize the coexistence and evolution of local magnetic moments and collective spin excitations across the superconducting dome in isovalently-doped BaFe2(As1 − xPx)2 (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.52 ). Collective magnetic excitations resolved by RIXS are gradually hardened, whereas XES reveals a strong suppression of the local magnetic moment upon doping. This relationship is captured by an intermediate coupling theory, explicitly accounting for the partially localized and itinerant nature of the electrons in Fe pnictides. Finally, our work identifies a local-itinerant spin fluctuations channel through which the local moments transfer spin excitations to the particle-hole (paramagnons) continuum across the superconducting dome.
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U2 - 10.1038/s42005-019-0236-3
DO - 10.1038/s42005-019-0236-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074826782
SN - 2399-3650
VL - 2
JO - Communications Physics
JF - Communications Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 139
ER -