Spin Waves in Detwinned BaFe2As2

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Understanding magnetic interactions in the parent compounds of high-temperature superconductors forms the basis for determining their role for the mechanism of superconductivity. For parent compounds of iron pnictide superconductors such as AFe_{2}As_{2} (A=Ba, Ca, Sr), although spin excitations have been mapped out throughout the entire Brillouin zone, the respective measurements were carried out on twinned samples and did not allow for a conclusive determination of the spin dynamics. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering to completely map out spin excitations of ∼100% detwinned BaFe_{2}As_{2}. By comparing observed spectra with theoretical calculations, we conclude that the spin excitations can be well described by an itinerant model when taking into account moderate electronic correlation effects.

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Lu, Xingye, Scherer, Daniel D., Tam, David W., et al.. "Spin Waves in Detwinned BaFe2As2." Physical Review Letters, 121, no. 6 (2018) American Physical Society: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.067002.

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