TY - JOUR
T1 - Stronger quantum fluctuation with larger spins
T2 - Emergent magnetism in the pressurized high-temperature superconductor FeSe
AU - Tan, Yuting
AU - Zhang, Tianyu
AU - Zou, Tao
AU - Dos Santos, A. M.
AU - Hu, Jin
AU - Yao, Dao Xin
AU - Mao, Z. Q.
AU - Ke, Xianglin
AU - Ku, Wei
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PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - A counterintuitive enhancement of quantum fluctuation with larger spins, together with a few physical phenomena, is discovered in studying the recently observed emergent magnetism in high-temperature superconductor FeSe under pressure. Starting with an experimental crystalline structure from our high-pressure x-ray refinement, we theoretically analyze the stability of the magnetically ordered state with a realistic spin-fermion model. We find, surprisingly, that in comparison with magnetically ordered Fe pnictides, the larger spins in FeSe suffer even stronger long-range quantum fluctuations that diminish their ordering at ambient pressure. This fail-to-order quantum spin-liquid state then develops into an ordered state above 1 GPa due to weakened fluctuation accompanying the reduction of anion height and carrier density. The ordering further benefits from the ferro-orbital order and shows the observed enhancement around 1 GPa. We further clarify the controversial nature of magnetism and its interplay with nematicity in FeSe in the same unified picture for all Fe-based superconductors. In addition, the versatile itinerant carriers produce interesting correlated metal behavior in a large region of phase space. Our paper establishes a generic exotic paradigm of stronger quantum fluctuation with larger spins that complements the standard knowledge of insulating magnetism.
AB - A counterintuitive enhancement of quantum fluctuation with larger spins, together with a few physical phenomena, is discovered in studying the recently observed emergent magnetism in high-temperature superconductor FeSe under pressure. Starting with an experimental crystalline structure from our high-pressure x-ray refinement, we theoretically analyze the stability of the magnetically ordered state with a realistic spin-fermion model. We find, surprisingly, that in comparison with magnetically ordered Fe pnictides, the larger spins in FeSe suffer even stronger long-range quantum fluctuations that diminish their ordering at ambient pressure. This fail-to-order quantum spin-liquid state then develops into an ordered state above 1 GPa due to weakened fluctuation accompanying the reduction of anion height and carrier density. The ordering further benefits from the ferro-orbital order and shows the observed enhancement around 1 GPa. We further clarify the controversial nature of magnetism and its interplay with nematicity in FeSe in the same unified picture for all Fe-based superconductors. In addition, the versatile itinerant carriers produce interesting correlated metal behavior in a large region of phase space. Our paper establishes a generic exotic paradigm of stronger quantum fluctuation with larger spins that complements the standard knowledge of insulating magnetism.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033115
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033115
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136896415
SN - 2643-1564
VL - 4
JO - Physical Review Research
JF - Physical Review Research
IS - 3
M1 - 033115
ER -