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Main Authors: Xie, Tao, Huo, Mengwu, Ni, Xiaosheng, Shen, Feiran, Huang, Xing, Sun, Hualei, Walker, Helen C., Adroja, Devashibhai, Yu, Dehong, Shen, Bing, He, Lunhua, Cao, Kun, Wang, Meng
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12635
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author Xie, Tao
Huo, Mengwu
Ni, Xiaosheng
Shen, Feiran
Huang, Xing
Sun, Hualei
Walker, Helen C.
Adroja, Devashibhai
Yu, Dehong
Shen, Bing
He, Lunhua
Cao, Kun
Wang, Meng
author_facet Xie, Tao
Huo, Mengwu
Ni, Xiaosheng
Shen, Feiran
Huang, Xing
Sun, Hualei
Walker, Helen C.
Adroja, Devashibhai
Yu, Dehong
Shen, Bing
He, Lunhua
Cao, Kun
Wang, Meng
contents After several decades of studies of high-temperature superconductivity, there is no compelling theory for the mechanism yet; however, the spin fluctuations have been widely believed to play a crucial role in forming the superconducting Cooper pairs. The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductivity near 80 K in the bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under pressure provides a new platform to elucidate the origins of high-temperature superconductivity. We perform elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies on a polycrystalline sample of La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_{7-δ}$ at ambient pressure. No magnetic order can be identified down to 10 K. The absence of long-range magnetic order in neutron diffraction measurements may be ascribed to the smallness of the magnetic moment. However, we observe a weak flat spin-fluctuation signal at $\sim$ 45 meV in the inelastic scattering spectra. The observed spin excitations could be interpreted as a result of strong interlayer and weak intralayer magnetic couplings for stripe-type antiferromagnetic orders. Our results provide crucial information on the spin dynamics and are thus important for understanding the superconductivity in La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$.
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spellingShingle Neutron Scattering Studies on the High-$T_c$ Superconductor La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_{7-δ}$ at Ambient Pressure
Xie, Tao
Huo, Mengwu
Ni, Xiaosheng
Shen, Feiran
Huang, Xing
Sun, Hualei
Walker, Helen C.
Adroja, Devashibhai
Yu, Dehong
Shen, Bing
He, Lunhua
Cao, Kun
Wang, Meng
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
After several decades of studies of high-temperature superconductivity, there is no compelling theory for the mechanism yet; however, the spin fluctuations have been widely believed to play a crucial role in forming the superconducting Cooper pairs. The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductivity near 80 K in the bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under pressure provides a new platform to elucidate the origins of high-temperature superconductivity. We perform elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies on a polycrystalline sample of La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_{7-δ}$ at ambient pressure. No magnetic order can be identified down to 10 K. The absence of long-range magnetic order in neutron diffraction measurements may be ascribed to the smallness of the magnetic moment. However, we observe a weak flat spin-fluctuation signal at $\sim$ 45 meV in the inelastic scattering spectra. The observed spin excitations could be interpreted as a result of strong interlayer and weak intralayer magnetic couplings for stripe-type antiferromagnetic orders. Our results provide crucial information on the spin dynamics and are thus important for understanding the superconductivity in La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$.
title Neutron Scattering Studies on the High-$T_c$ Superconductor La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_{7-δ}$ at Ambient Pressure
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12635