Approaching Conformality

TL;DR

This paper explores the phase diagram of SU(3) gauge theories with six and eight fundamental flavors, focusing on the preconformal region, by measuring string tension and scale setting quantities to understand their behavior.

Contribution

It provides new lattice simulation data for SU(3) theories with six and eight flavors, analyzing their conformal properties and phase transition ratios.

Findings

Preliminary results on Tc/√σ ratios.

Preliminary results on Tc w0 ratios.

Comparison with smaller Nf behavior.

Abstract

We investigate the preconformal region of the phase diagram of SU(3) theories with fundamental flavors. We have simulated SU(3) theories with six and eight fundamental flavors at volumes 32^3 x 64. We use the generated configurations to measure the string tension \sigma and the w0 scale setting quantity extracted from the gradient flow. We show preliminary results on the ratios Tc/\sqrt{\sigma} and Tc w0. We compare them to the behavior obtained at smaller Nf and discuss the implications of our results.