CeFePO: f-d hybridization and quenching of superconductivity

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Mar 5;104(9):096402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.096402. Epub 2010 Mar 5.

Abstract

As a homologue to the new, Fe-based type of high-temperature superconductors, the electronic structure of the heavy-fermion compound CeFePO was studied by means of angle-resolved resonant photoemission. It was experimentally found-and later on confirmed by local-density approximation (LDA) as well as dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) calculations-that the Ce 4f states hybridize to the Fe 3d states of d{3z{2}-r{2}} symmetry near the Fermi level that discloses their participation in the occurring electron-correlation phenomena and provides insight into mechanism of superconductivity in oxopnictides.