What theoretical explanations exist for the fact that there are three generations of leptons and quarks? I'm...

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What theoretical explanations exist for the fact that there arethree generations of leptons and quarks?

I'm not so much asking why there are exactly 3 generations, butrather what makes electron, muon and tau differ. Also, since thethree families of quarks don't have to be a priori related to thethree families of leptons, I'm interested in answers for eitherquarks, leptons, or both.

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here is another argument disclaimer Im an experimentalist eg Wikipedia states that Direct CP violation is allowed in the Standard Model if a complex phase appears in the CKM matrix describing    See Answer
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