The electronic and magnetic properties of cobalt-based layered oxypnictides, LaCoOX(X=P,As), are investigated. LaCoOP and LaCoOAs show metallic type conduction with room-temperature resistivities of similar to 2x10(-4) Omega cm, and the Fermi edge is observed by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Ferromagnetic transitions occur at 43 K for LaCoOP and 66 K for LaCoOAs with spontaneous magnetic moments of 0.33 mu(B) and 0.39 mu(B) extrapolated to 0 K, respectively. Above the transition temperatures, the magnetic susceptibility exhibits a large temperature dependence. Provided that this temperature dependence follows the Curie-Weiss law, enhanced magnetic-moment values of similar to 2.9 mu(B) for LaCoOP and similar to 1.3 mu(B) for LaCoOAs are obtained. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) is observed at the Co L(2,3) edge, but not at the other edges. The calculated electronic structure shows a spin-polarized ground state with a magnetic moment of 0.52 mu(B), similar to 95% of which is localized on the Co ions. These results indicate that LaCoOX are itinerant ferromagnets and suggest that their magnetic properties are governed by spin fluctuation.
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