Abstract
We demonstrate experimental evidence for pressure-induced competition between
superconducting phase and Kondo screened phase in CeFeAsO0.7F0.3 through
measurements of resistance, synchrotron x-ray diffraction, and x-ray absorption
spectroscopy (XAS) in high-pressure diamond anvil cell. With increasing
pressure, the superconducting critical temperature initially decreases
gradually from ambient pressure until 8.6 GPa where it drops drastically and
eventually disappears at ~10 GPa. Our XAS data of Ce-L3 in CeFeAsO0.7F0.3
clearly reveal a spectral weight transfer from the main line to the satellite
line upon increasing pressure, a similar behavior to the gamma-alpha phase
transition in cerium metal, suggesting pressure-induced enhancement of Kondo
screening effect in CeFeAsO1-xFx.
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