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High-Tc Superconductivity in FeSe at High Pressure: Dominant Hole Carriers and Enhanced Spin Fluctuations

J.-P. Sun, G.-Z. Ye, P. Shahi, J.-Q. Yan, K. Matsuura, H. Kontani, G.-M. Zhang, Q. Zhou, B.-C. Sales, T. Shibauchi, Y. Uwatoko, D.-J. Singh, and J.-G. Cheng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 147004 (2017).

 The importance of electron-hole interband interactions is widely acknowledged for iron-pnictide superconductors with high transition temperatures (Tc). However, the absence of hole pockets near the Fermi level of the iron-selenide (FeSe) derived high-Tc superconductors raises a fundamental question of whether iron pnictides and chalcogenides have different pairing mechanisms. Here, we study the properties of electronic structure in the high-Tc phase induced by pressure in bulk FeSe from magnetotransport measurements and first-principles calculations. With increasing pressure, the low-Tc superconducting phase transforms into the high-Tc phase, where we find the normal-state Hall resistivity changes sign from negative to positive, demonstrating dominant hole carriers in contrast to other FeSe-derived high-Tc systems. Moreover, the Hall coefficient is enlarged and the magnetoresistance exhibits anomalous scaling behaviors, evidencing strongly enhanced interband spin fluctuations in the high-Tc phase. These results in FeSe highlight similarities with high-Tc phases of iron pnictides, constituting a step toward a unified understanding of iron-based superconductivity.