Coherence-incoherence crossover in the normal state of iron oxypnictides and importance of Hund's rule coupling

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A new class of high-temperature superconductors based on iron and arsenic was recently discovered (Kamihara et al 2008 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 3296), with the superconducting transition temperature as high as 55 K (Ren et al 2008 Chin. Phys. Lett. 25 2215). Here we show, using microscopic theory, that the normal state of the iron pnictides at high temperatures is highly anomalous, displaying a very enhanced magnetic susceptibility and a linear temperature dependence of the resistivity. Below a coherence scale T*, the resistivity sharply drops and susceptibility crosses over to Pauli-like temperature dependence. Remarkably, the coherence-incoherence crossover temperature is a very strong function of the strength of Hund's rule coupling JHund. On the basis of the normal state properties, we estimate JHund to be ∼0.35 eV. In the atomic limit, this value of JHund leads to the critical ratio of the exchange constants J1/J2 ∼2. While normal state incoherence is common to all strongly correlated superconductors, the mechanism for emergence of the incoherent state in iron oxypnictides is unique due to its multiorbital electronic structure. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschan.

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Haule, K., & Kotliar, G. (2009). Coherence-incoherence crossover in the normal state of iron oxypnictides and importance of Hund’s rule coupling. New Journal of Physics, 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/025021

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