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.
@article{arxiv.1411.1657,
title = {Approaching Conformality},
author = {Maria Paola Lombardo and Kohtaroh Miura and Tiago Nunes da Silva and Elisabetta Pallante},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.1657},
year = {2014}
}
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7 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2014), 23-28 June 2014, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA