Understanding the Standard Model

Abstract

We explore to what extent the various assumptions behind the standard model as well as the observed quantization of electric charges of quarks and leptons can be understood using the Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomalies. The effect of including a non-zero neutrino mass on these considerations is also discussed.Comment: University of Maryland Report No. UMD-PP-94-116; To be published in the Robert E. Marshak memorial volume, edited by George Sudarshan. ( plain Tex; 17 pages