photons muons neutrons Tuning the static spin-stripe phase and superconductivity in La 2-x Ba x CuO 4 (x = 1/8) by hydrostatic pressure Zurab Guguchia Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland

Collaborators Alexander Maisuradze Hugo Keller Alexander Shengelaya Ekaterina Pomjakushina Kazimierz Conder Rustem Khasanov Tbilisi State University Universität Zürich UZH

Thank you! University of Zürich in collaboration with: Tbilisi State University, Georgia Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland Tbilisi State University

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Superconducting properties of La Ba CuO 4 Diamond anvil cell for high-pressure measurements

Muon production/decay and parity violation The muon beam is 100 polarised with S µ antiparallel to P µ.

Muon-spin rotation (μSR) technique B μ = (2π/γ μ ) ν μ local B-field at the muon site

TRIUMF Muon-spin rotation (μSR) technique

Courtesy of H. Luetkens homogeneous amplitude → magnetic volume fraction frequency → average local magnetic field damping → magnetic field distribution / magnetic fluctuations time (  s) μSR in magnetic materials inhomogeneous

High pressure µSR experiments on La Ba CuO 4 D. Andreica, Ph.D. thesis, IPP/ETH-Zürich, (2001).

High pressure µSR experiments on La Ba CuO 4

Phase diagrams

Conclusions  The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity was studied in La Ba CuO 4 as a function of pressure up to p ≈ 2.25 GPa.  At p = 0 static spin-stripe order is stabilized below T s o = 32 K, occupies nearly the whole sample volume and superconductivity exists in a minor part of the sample only.  The ordered moment size and the magnetic ordering temperature does not change upon application of pressure. However, the volume fraction of spin-stripe order significantly decreases with increasing p.  At the same time by the application of pressure SC phase volume increases proportionally to the non-magnetic volume fraction.  These results indicate that in La Ba CuO 4 magnetism and superconductivity occur in mutually exclusive spatial regions.

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