Nematicity in iron pnictides: phase competition and emergent symmetry
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| author | Wang, Yiming Liu, Changle Wu, Shan Wu, Jianda Si, Qimiao Yu, Rong |
| author_facet | Wang, Yiming Liu, Changle Wu, Shan Wu, Jianda Si, Qimiao Yu, Rong |
| contents | The phase diagram of iron-based superconductors contains a host of electronic orders, which are intimately connected with their superconductivity. Here we analyze the fluctuations of one type of nematic order in another. Our analysis leads to an emergent U(1) symmetry at a first-order transition between a nematic phase and a $C_4$-symmetric charge-ordered phase. We characterize the continuous symmetry in terms of a certain hidden Lie algebra that links the different orders. This emergent symmetry leads to a Goldstone mode at the transition and causes softening of excitations in the nematic and charge sectors near the transition. The underlying physics bears a resemblance to the anisotropic XZ spin model, with the nematic order and charge $C_4$ order parameters playing the roles of the $x$ and $z$ components of the magnetization vector, respectively. We provide the experimental evidence in support of the proposed effects, and discuss the general implications of our results for the physics of iron-based superconductors and other correlated systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Nematicity in iron pnictides: phase competition and emergent symmetry Wang, Yiming Liu, Changle Wu, Shan Wu, Jianda Si, Qimiao Yu, Rong Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity The phase diagram of iron-based superconductors contains a host of electronic orders, which are intimately connected with their superconductivity. Here we analyze the fluctuations of one type of nematic order in another. Our analysis leads to an emergent U(1) symmetry at a first-order transition between a nematic phase and a $C_4$-symmetric charge-ordered phase. We characterize the continuous symmetry in terms of a certain hidden Lie algebra that links the different orders. This emergent symmetry leads to a Goldstone mode at the transition and causes softening of excitations in the nematic and charge sectors near the transition. The underlying physics bears a resemblance to the anisotropic XZ spin model, with the nematic order and charge $C_4$ order parameters playing the roles of the $x$ and $z$ components of the magnetization vector, respectively. We provide the experimental evidence in support of the proposed effects, and discuss the general implications of our results for the physics of iron-based superconductors and other correlated systems. |
| title | Nematicity in iron pnictides: phase competition and emergent symmetry |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24847 |