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EPL Association, European Physical Society Letters, 2(89), p. 27007, 2010

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/89/27007

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Droplet like Fermi surfaces in the anti ferromagnetic phase of EuFe2As2, an Fe pnictide superconductor parent compound

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Abstract

Using angle resolved photoemission it is shown that the low lying electronic states of the iron pnictide parent compound EuFe$_2$As$_2$ are strongly modified in the magnetically ordered, low temperature, orthorhombic state compared to the tetragonal, paramagnetic case above the spin density wave transition temperature. Back-folded bands, reflected in the orthorhombic/ anti-ferromagnetic Brillouin zone boundary hybridize strongly with the non-folded states, leading to the opening of energy gaps. As a direct consequence, the large Fermi surfaces of the tetragonal phase fragment, the low temperature Fermi surface being comprised of small droplets, built up of electron and hole-like sections. These high resolution ARPES data are therefore in keeping with quantum oscillation and optical data from other undoped pnictide parent compounds. ; Comment: 4 figures, 6 pages