Pressure-induced superconductivity in UIr

Pressure-induced superconductivity is found in UIr without inversion symmetry. The pressure-temperature phase diagram has been investigated by means of the electrical resistivity and magnetization measurements under high pressure. The phase diagram consists of two magnetic phases, the Ising-like ferromagnetic phase (FM1) at low pressures and another magnetic phase (FM2) with the small ferromagnetic component along the [101] direction at high pressures. Superconductivity is observed in the narrow pressure range near the disappearance point of the FM2 phase, where the temperature dependence of resistivity follows the non-Fermi liquid form of T-1.6. From these experimental facts, the superconductivity is considered to be associated with the critical fluctuation with the disappearance of FM2 phase.