Spin Susceptibility, Phase Diagram, and Quantum Criticality in the Eelctron-Doped High Tc Superconductor Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2

We report a systematic investigation of Ba(Fe 1- x Co x ) 2 As 2 based on transport and 75 As NMR measurements, and establish the electronic phase diagram. We demonstrate that doping progressively suppresses the uniform spin susceptibility and low frequency spin fluctuations. The optimum superconducting phase emerges at x c ≃0.08 when the tendency toward spin ordering completely diminishes. Our findings point toward the presence of a quantum …