Specific Heat to 35 T in P-doped and Co-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$: Evidence for Nodes or Not?

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Abstract

We have measured the low temperature specific heat of annealed single crystal Ba(Fe$_{0.955}$Co$_{0.045})_{2}$As$_{2}$, unannealed single crystal BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{0.7}$P$_{0.3})_{2}$, and other BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ derivatives in fields to 35 T. We report contrasting behavior, with the underdoped Co sample exhibiting behavior (specific heat $\gamma \quad \sim $ H$^{0.7})$ essentially up to H$_{c2}$ similar to the Volovik effect prediction ($\gamma \quad \sim $ H**0.5) for nodal behavior for fields H $<$ 0.1H$_{c2}$. In contrast, $\gamma $ up to 35 T (2/3 of H$_{c2})$ in BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{0.7}$P$_{0.3})_{2}$ exhibits linear with field dependence, consistent with fully gapped behavior but inconsistent with indications of nodal behavior from other measurements. Possible explanations, and up-to-date measurements will be presented.

Authors

  • G.R. Stewart

    Physics, University of Florida

  • J.S. Kim

    Physics, University of Florida

  • Peter Hirschfeld

    Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA, Physics, University of Florida, University of Florida, Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA

  • Filip Ronning

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, MPA-10, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab, MPA-CMMS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545

  • Krzysztof Gofryk

    MPA-10, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • A.S. Sefat

    ORNL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, MST Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA, Materials Science \& Technology Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

  • S. Kasahara

    Kyoto University, Physics, Kyoto University, Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan, Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

  • T. Shibauchi

    Physics, Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan, Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

  • T. Terashima

    Physics, Kyoto University

  • Yuji Matsuda

    Physics, Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan, Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan