Low temperature magnetization of the quantum critical heavy fermion superconductor β-YbAlB₄

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β-YbAlB₄ is the first Yb-based heavy fermion superconductor with T c = 80 mK. We measured low temperature magnetization of high-purity single crystals down to T= 25 mK. The measurements have revealed a considerable amount of volume fractions of the superconductivity and the upper critical field Bc₂ curve under field along the c axis, consistent with the previous results. In the normal state, the previously observed divergent behavior in the temperature dependence of the magnetization has been confirmed using higher quality samples and under a low field of 22 mT. In addition, the measurements have revealed a power law behavior, namely, dM/dT∝ T³/², which has a slightly higher exponent than the previous results.