# Classification of some vertex operator algebras of rank 3

## TL;DR

This paper classifies certain rank 3 vertex operator algebras with three simple modules, identifying known and new examples through modular differential equations and hypergeometric functions.

## Contribution

It provides a comprehensive classification of rank 3 VOAs with three simple modules, including an infinite family, specific affine and Virasoro cases, and eleven exceptional series.

## Key findings

- Identification of at least 15 VOAs in the U-series within Schellekens list
- Discovery of 13 potentially new VOAs in the U-series
- Use of modular forms and hypergeometric functions to classify VOAs

## Abstract

We discuss the classification of strongly regular vertex operator algebras (VOAs) with exactly three simple modules whose character vector satisfies a monic modular linear differential equation with irreducible monodromy. Our Main Theorem provides a classification of all such VOAs in the form of one infinite family of affine VOAs, one individual affine algebra and two Virasoro algebras, together with a family of eleven exceptional character vectors and associated data that we call the $U$-series. We prove that there are at least $15$ VOAs in the $U$-series occurring as commutants in a Schellekens list holomorphic VOA. These include the affine algebra $E_{8,2}$ and H\"ohn's Baby Monster VOA $\mathbf{VB}^\natural_{(0)}$ but the other $13$ seem to be new. The idea in the proof of our Main Theorem is to exploit properties of a family of vector-valued modular forms with rational functions as Fourier coefficients, which solves a family of modular linear differential equations in terms of generalized hypergeometric series.