Charge redistribution at the antiferromagnetic phase transition in SrFeAsF compound

TL;DR

This study investigates how antiferromagnetic transition influences charge distribution in SrFeAsF, revealing that magnetic ordering causes charge redistribution without significantly altering the electronic structure.

Contribution

It provides new insights into charge redistribution mechanisms during the AFM transition in SrFeAsF using Mossbauer and first-principles calculations.

Findings

AFM order induces charge redistribution near the Fermi level

Structural transition has minimal effect on electronic structure

Charge redistribution is linked to magnetic ordering

Abstract

The relationship between spin, electron, and crystal structure has been one of the foremost issues in understanding the superconducting mechanism since the discovery of iron-based high temperature superconductors. Here, we report M\"ossbauer and first-principles calculations studies of the parent compound SrFeAsF with the largest temperature gap ($\sim$50\,K) between the structural and antiferromagnetic (AFM) transitions. Our results reveal that the structural transition has little effect on the electronic structure of the compound SrFeAsF while the development of the AFM order induces a redistribution of the charges near the Fermi level.