\(\mathbb{Z}_4\)-code constructions for the Niemeier lattices and their embeddings in the Leech lattice (Q1568784)

There are precisely 24 inequivalent even unimodular lattices in dimension 24, called the Niemeier lattices. One of these is the celebrated Leech lattice, \(\Lambda_{24}\). Recently, \textit{C. Dong, H. Li, G. Mason} and \textit{S. P. Norton} [Ohio State Univ. Math. Res. Inst. Publ. 7, 27-42 (1998; Zbl 0946.17011), see also \textit{A. Bonnecaze} et al., Discrete Math. 205, 1-21 (1999; Zbl 1004.94025)] showed that every Niemeier lattice can be constructed from some \(Z_4\) code by Construction \(A\). This paper provides an explicit generator matrix of a Type II self-dual code \(C\) over \(Z_4\) such that \(A(C)=N\) and \(\sqrt{2}A(C) \subseteq \Lambda_{24}\), for every Niemeier lattice \(N\), where \(A(C)\) denotes the lattice obtained by Construction \(A\) from \(C\).