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Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Oct 10;101(15):157004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.157004. Epub 2008 Oct 08.

Phonon density of states of LaFeAsO(1-x)Fx.

Physical review letters

A D Christianson, M D Lumsden, O Delaire, M B Stone, D L Abernathy, M A McGuire, A S Sefat, R Jin, B C Sales, D Mandrus, E D Mun, P C Canfield, J Y Y Lin, M Lucas, M Kresch, J B Keith, B Fultz, E A Goremychkin, R J McQueeney

Affiliations

  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.

PMID: 18999629 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.157004

Abstract

We have studied the phonon density of states (PDOS) in LaFeAsO(1-x)Fx with inelastic neutron scattering methods. The PDOS of the parent compound (x=0) is very similar to the PDOS of samples optimally doped with fluorine to achieve the maximum Tc (x approximately 0.1). Good agreement is found between the experimental PDOS and first-principles calculations with the exception of a small difference in Fe mode frequencies. The PDOS reported here is not consistent with conventional electron-phonon mediated superconductivity.

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