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arxiv: 1502.04122 · v2 · pith:MIBQOL3Tnew · submitted 2015-02-13 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.supr-con

Phase transition beneath the superconducting dome in BaFe₂(As_(1-x)P_x)₂

classification ❄️ cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.supr-con
keywords superconductingvicinitybafebecomesfrustratedjosephsonproposetheory
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We present a theory for the large suppression of the superfluid-density, $\rho_s$, in BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$ in the vicinity of a putative spin-density wave quantum critical point at a P-doping, $x=x_{c}$. We argue that the transition becomes weakly first-order in the vicinity of $x_{c}$, and disorder induces puddles of superconducting and antiferromagnetic regions at short length-scales; thus the system becomes an electronic micro-emulsion. We propose that frustrated Josephson couplings between the superconducting grains suppress $\rho_s$. In addition, the presence of `normal' quasiparticles at the interface of the frustrated Josephson junctions will give rise to a highly non-trivial feature in the low frequency response in a narrow vicinity around $x_c$. We propose a number of experiments to test our theory.

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