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Alternating magnetic anisotropy of Li(Li)N with = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni
Substantial amounts of the transition metals Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni can be
substituted for Li in single crystalline Li(Li)N. Isothermal and
temperature-dependent magnetization measurements reveal local magnetic moments
with magnitudes significantly exceeding the spin-only value. The additional
contributions stem from unquenched orbital moments that lead to rare-earth-like
behavior of the magnetic properties. Accordingly, extremely large magnetic
anisotropies have been found. Most notably, the magnetic anisotropy alternates
as easy-plane easy-axis easy-plane
easy-axis when progressing from = Mn Fe Co
Ni. This behavior can be understood based on a perturbation
approach in an analytical, single-ion model. The calculated magnetic
anisotropies show a surprisingly good agreement with the experiment and capture
the basic features observed for the different transition metals.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, published as PRB Rapid Communication, Fig. 3
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Preserved entropy and fragile magnetism
A large swath of strongly correlated electron systems can be associated with
the phenomena of preserved entropy and fragile magnetism. In this overview we
present our thoughts and plans for the discovery and development of lanthanide
and transition metal based, strongly correlated systems that are revealed by
suppressed, fragile magnetism or grow out of preserved entropy. We will present
and discuss current examples such as YbBiPt, YbAgGe, YbFe2Zn20, PrAg2In,
BaFe2As2, CaFe2As2, LaCrSb3 and LaCrGe3 as part of our motivation and to
provide illustrative examples
Effect of proton irradiation on the normal state low-energy excitations of Ba(FeRh)As superconductors
We present a \asnmr Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and resistivity study of
the effect of 5.5 MeV proton irradiation on the optimal electron doped (
0.068) and overdoped ( 0.107) Ba(FeRh)As iron based
superconductors. While the proton induced defects only mildly suppress the
critical temperature and increase residual resistivity in both compositions,
sizable broadening of the NMR spectra was observed in all the irradiated
samples at low temperature. The effect is significantly stronger in the
optimally doped sample where the Curie Weiss temperature dependence of the line
width suggests the onset of ferromagnetic correlations coexisting with
superconductivity at the nanoscale. 1/T measurements revealed that the
energy barrier characterizing the low energy spin fluctuations of these
compounds is enhanced upon proton irradiation, suggesting that the defects are
likely slowing down the fluctuations between ( and (,0) nematic
ground states.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figure
Specific heat jump at the superconducting transition temperature in Ba(Fe(1-x)Cox)2As2 and Ba(Fe(1-x)Nix)2As2 single crystals
We present detailed heat capacity measurements for Ba(Fe(1-x)Cox)2As2 and
Ba(Fe(1-x)Nix)2As2 single crystals in the vicinity of the superconducting
transitions. The specific heat jump at the superconducting transition
temperature (Tc), Delta Cp/Tc, changes by a factor ~ 10 across these series.
The Delta Cp/T$ vs. Tc data of this work (together with the literature data for
Ba(Fe0.939Co0.061)2As2, (Ba0.55K0.45)Fe2As2, and (Ba0.6K0.4)Fe2As2) scale well
to a single log-log plot over two orders of magnitude in Delta Cp/Tc and over
about an order of magnitude in Tc, giving Delta Cp/Tc ~ Tc^2
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