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We derive the non-perturbative worldsheet S matrix for fundamental excitations of Type IIB superstring theory on AdS3 ×S3 × T4 with Ramond-Ramond flux. To this end, we study the off-shell symmetry algebra of the theory and its representations. We use these to determine the S matrix up to scalar factors and we derive the crossing equations that these scalar factors satisfy. Our treatment automatically includes fundamental massless excitations, removing a long-standing obstacle in using integrability to study the AdS3/CFT2 correspondence. The present paper contains a detailed derivation of results first announced in arXiv:1403.4543.
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Borsato, R., Sax, O.O., Sfondrini, A. et al. The complete AdS3 ×S3 × T4 worldsheet S matrix. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 66 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)066
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