Published 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Interplay of rare earth and FeAs magnetism in the iron pnictides GdOFeAs and CeOFeAs studied by muon spin relaxation and 57Fe moessbauer spectroscopy

  • 1. Institut fuer Festkoerperphysik, TU Dresden (Germany)
  • 2. Laboratory for Muon-Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen (Switzerland)
  • 3. Leibniz-Institut fuer Festkoerper- und Werkstoffforschung, Dresden (Germany)

Description

ROFeAs with R=La,Ce,Pr,Sm,Gd are the magnetic mother compounds of the iron pnictide superconductors. We have investigated the magnetic properties and the interplay of iron and rare earth magnetic order in GdOFeAs by means of muon spin relaxation (μ+SR) and 57Fe Moessbauer spectroscopy and compare these to other undoped ROFeAs. We find that the Gd mother compound shows magnetic interaction between the rare earth and the FeAs layers similar to the Ce compound. This results indicate that the rare-earth-FeAs electronic interaction is not crucial for the enhanced TC in these systems.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Regensburg 2010 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 45(3)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG Spring meeting 2010 of the condensed matter section with the divisions biological physics, chemical and polymer physics, crystallography, dielectric solids, dynamics and statistical physics, low temperature physics, magnetism, metal and material physics, physics of socio-economic systems, radiation and medical physics, semiconductor physics, surface science, thin films, vacuum science and technology as well as the working group industry and business, with job market, symposia, teachers' days, tutorials, exhibition of scientific instruments and literature
Dates
21-26 Mar 2010
Place
Regensburg (Germany)

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Notes
Session: TT 39.6 Fr 11:45; No further information available