Charge redistribution at the antiferromagnetic phase transition in the SrFeAsF compound

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 ($\ensuremath{\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.