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Publications and source records attributed to Ching Hung Lam.
In this article, we show that a framed vertex operator algebra V satisfying the conditions: (1) V is holomorphic (i.e., V is the only irreducible V-module); (2) V is of rank 24; and (3) V_1=0; is isomorphic to the moonshine vertex operator algebra constructed by Frenkel-Lepowsky-Meurman.
In this article we study and obtain a classification of Ising vectors in vertex operator algebras associated to binary codes and $\sqrt{2}$ times root lattices, where an Ising vector is a conformal vector with central charge 1/2 generating a simple Virasoro sub VOA. Then we apply our results to study certain commutant subalgebras related to root systems. We completely classify all Ising vectors in such commutant subalgebras and determine their full automorphism groups.
It is proved that a vertex operator algebra is isomorphic to the moonshine VOA of Frenkel-Lepowsky-Meurman if it satisfies certain conditions. Our two main theorems establish a weak version of the FLM uniqueness conjecture for the moonshine vertex operator algebra. We believe that these are the first such results.
This paper is a continuation of our paper math.QA/0403010 at which several coset subalgebras of the lattice VOA $V_{\sqrt{2}E_8}$ were constructed and the relationship between such algebras with the famous McKay observation on the extended E_8 diagram and the Monster simple group were discussed. In this article, we shall provide the technical details. We completely determine the structure of the coset subalgebras constructed and show that they are all generated by two conformal vectors of central charge 1/2. We also study the representation theory of these coset subalgebras and show that the product of two Miyamoto involutions is in the desired conjugacy class of the Monster simple group if a coset subalgebra U is actually contained in the Moonshine VOA. The existence of U inside the Moonshine VOA for the cases of 1A, 2A, 2B and 4A is also established. Moreover, the cases for 3A, 5A and 3C are discussed.
We study McKay's observation on the Monster simple group, which relates the 2A-involutions of the Monster simple group to the extended E_8 diagram, using the theory of vertex operator algebras (VOAs). We first consider the sublattices L of the E_8 lattice obtained by removing one node from the extended E_8 diagram at each time. We then construct a certain coset (or commutant) subalgebra U associated with L in the lattice VOA V_{\sqrt{2}E_8}. There are two natural conformal vectors of central charge 1/2 in U such that their inner product is exactly the value predicted by Conway. The Griess algebra of U coincides with the algebra described in Conway's paper. There is a canonical automorphism of U of order |E_8/L|. Such an automorphism can be extended to the Leech lattice VOA V_Λand it is in fact a product of two Miyamoto involutions. In the sequel [LYY] to this article we shall develop the representation theory of $U$. It is expected that if U is actually contained in the Moonshine VOA V^\natural, the product of two Miyamoto involutions is in the desired conjugacy class of the Monster simple group.
For vertex operator algebra V_{\sqrt{2}A_l} associated to the even lattice \sqrt{2}A_l which is \sqrt{2} times root lattice of type A_l, it was shown by Dong-Li-Maosn-Norton that the Virasoro vector is a sum of l+1 mutually orthogonal conformal vectors with central charges c_i=1-6/(i+2)(i+3) for i=1,...,l and c_{l+1}=2l/(l+3) and the subalgebra T generated by these vectors is a tensor product of Virasoro vertex operator algebras L(c_i,0). In this paper we determine the decomposition of V_{\sqrt{2}A_3} into the sum of irreducible T-modules completely.