Selective mass enhancement close to the quantum critical point in BaFe(2)(As(1−x)P(x))(2)

A quantum critical point (QCP) is currently being conjectured for the BaFe(2)(As(1−x)P(x))(2) system at the critical value x (c) ≈ 0.3. In the proximity of a QCP, all thermodynamic and transport properties are expected to scale with a single characteristic energy, given by the quantum fluctuations. Such a universal behavior has not, however, been found in the superconducting upper critical field H (c2). Here we report H (c2) data for epitaxial thin films extracted from the electrical resistance measured in very high magnetic fields up to 67 Tesla. Using a multi-band analysis we find that H (c2) is sensitive to the QCP, implying a significant charge carrier effective mass enhancement at the doping-induced QCP that is essentially band-dependent. Our results point to two qualitatively different groups of electrons in BaFe(2)(As(1−x)P(x))(2). The first one (possibly associated to hot spots or whole Fermi sheets) has a strong mass enhancement at the QCP, and the second one is insensitive to the QCP. The observed duality could also be present in many other quantum critical systems.