Pressure-induced volume-collapsed tetragonal phase of CaFe2As2 as seen via neutron scattering
arXiv:0807.3032 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.184517
Abstract
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 non-magnetic, 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.
accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
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