Fe-spin reorientation in PrFeAsO: Evidences from resistivity and specific heat studies

Bhoi, D. ; Mandal, P. ; Choudhury, P. ; Pandya, S. ; Ganesan, V. (2011) Fe-spin reorientation in PrFeAsO: Evidences from resistivity and specific heat studies Journal of Applied Physics, 110 (11). p. 113722. ISSN 0021-8979

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1063/1.3666058

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3666058

Abstract

We report the magnetic field dependence of resistivity (ρ) and specific heat (C) for the non-superconducting PrFeAsO compound. Our study shows a hitherto unobserved anomaly at TSR in the resistivity and specific heat data which arises as a result of the interplay of antiferromagnetic (AFM) Pr and Fe sublattices. Below the AFM transition temperature (TPrN), Pr moment orders along the crystallographic c axis and its effect on the iron subsystem causes a reorientation of the ordered inplane Fe moments in a direction out of the ab plane. Application of magnetic field introduces disorder in the AFM Pr sublattice, which, in turn, reduces the out-of-plane Pr-Fe exchange interaction responsible for Fe spin reorientation. Both in ρ(T) and d(C/T)/dT curves, the peak at TSR broadens with the increase of H due to the introduction of the disorder in the AFM Pr sublattice by magnetic field. In ρ(T) curve, the peak shifts towards lower temperature with H and disappears above 6 T while in d(C/T)/dT curve the peak remains visible up to 14 T. The broadening of the anomaly at TPrN in C(T) with increasing H further confirms that magnetic field induces disorder in the AFM Pr sublattice.

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