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We derive a new open string field theory solution for boundary marginal deformations generated by chiral currents with singular self-OPE. The solution is algebraically identical to the Kiermaier-Okawa-Soler solution and it is gauge equivalent to the TakahashiTanimoto identity-based solution. It is wedge-based and we can analytically evaluate the Ellwood invariant and the action, reproducing the expected results from BCFT. By studying the isomorphism between the states of the initial and final background a dual derivation of the Ellwood invariant is also obtained.
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Maccaferri, C. A simple solution for marginal deformations in open string field theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 4 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2014)004
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