Hall effect and resistivity study of the magnetic transition, carrier content and Fermi liquid behavior in Ba(Fe(1-x) Cox)2As2

Abstract

The negative Hall constant R_H measured all over the phase diagram of Ba(Fe(1-x)Cox)2As2 allows us to show that electron carriers always dominate the transport properties. The evolution of R_H with x at low doping (x<2%) indicates that important band structure changes happen for x<2% prior to the emergence of superconductivity. For higher x, an change of the electron concentration with T is required to explain the low T variations of R_H, while the electron scattering rate displays the T^2 law expected for a Fermi liquid. The T=0 residual scattering is affected by Co disorder in the magnetic phase, but is rather dominated by incipient disorder in the paramagnetic state.

5 pages, 4 figures, published version