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Anisotropic neutron spin resonance in superconducting BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2

O. J. Lipscombe, Leland W. Harriger, P. G. Freeman, M. Enderle, Chenglin Zhang, Miaoying Wang, Takeshi Egami, Jiangping Hu, Tao Xiang, M. R. Norman, Pengcheng Dai

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.064515 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We use polarized inelastic neutron scattering to show that the neutron spin resonance below Tc in superconducting BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2 (Tc=20 K) is purely magnetic in origin. Our analysis further reveals that the resonance peak near 7 meV only occurs for the planar response. This challenges the common perception that the spin resonance in the pnictides is an isotropic triplet excited state of the singlet Cooper pairs, as our results imply that only the S001=±1 components of the triplet are involved.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2

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20Pressure not reportedunknown
YBa2Cu3O6+x

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
BaFe2As2

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
BaFe1.84Co0.16As2

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—Pressure not reportedunknown

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