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Quadratic spaces and holomorphic framed vertex operator algebras of central charge 24

In 1993, Schellekens obtained a list of possible 71 Lie algebras of holomorphic vertex operator algebras with central charge 24. However, not all cases are known to exist. The aim of this article is to construct new holomorphic vertex operator algebras using the theory of framed vertex operator algebras and to determine the Lie algebra structures of their weight one subspaces. In particular, we study holomorphic framed vertex operator algebras associated to subcodes of the triply even codes $\RM(1,4)^3$ and $\RM(1,4)\oplus \EuD(d_{16}^+)$ of length 48. These vertex operator algebras correspond to the holomorphic simple current extensions of the lattice type vertex operator algebras $(V_{\sqrt{2}E_8}^+)^{\otimes 3}$ and $V_{\sqrt{2}E_8}^+\otimes V_{\sqrt{2}D_{16}^+}^+$. We determine such extensions using a quadratic space structure on the set of all irreducible modules $R(W)$ of $W$ when $W= (V_{\sqrt{2}E_8}^+)^{\otimes 3}$ or $V_{\sqrt{2}E_8}^+\otimes V_{\sqrt{2}D_{16}^+}^+$. As our main results, we construct seven new holomorphic vertex operator algebras of central charge 24 in Schellekens' list and obtain a complete list of all Lie algebra structures associated to the weight one subspaces of holomorphic framed vertex operator algebras of central charge 24.