For SU(2) with 24 and 48 Dirac flavors, the lattice gradient-flow coupling matches the perturbative two-loop running at accessible scales and refuses to grow large, which is compatible with a Landau pole but does not disprove a strong-coupling ultraviolet fixed point.
Slope of the beta function at the fixed point of SU(2) gauge theory with six or eight flavors
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We consider measurement of the leading irrelevant scaling exponent $\gamma_g^\ast$, given by the slope of the beta function, at the fixed point of SU(2) gauge theory with six or eight flavors. We use the running coupling measured using the gradient flow method and perform the continuum extrapolation by interpolating the measured beta function. We study also the dependence of the results on different discretization of the flow. For the eight flavor theory we find $\gamma_g^\ast=0.19(8)_{-0.09}^{+0.21}$. Applying the same analysis also for the six flavor theory, we find $\gamma_g^\ast=0.648(97)_{-0.1}^{+0.16}$ consistently with the earlier analysis.
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Safety versus triviality on the lattice
For SU(2) with 24 and 48 Dirac flavors, the lattice gradient-flow coupling matches the perturbative two-loop running at accessible scales and refuses to grow large, which is compatible with a Landau pole but does not disprove a strong-coupling ultraviolet fixed point.