Neutrinos: past, present, future

Abstract

A general overview of neutrino physics is given. The history of the neutrino starting from Pauli and Fermi is briefly presented. Two-component neutrinos, the phenomenological V-A theory and the standard model are discussed. The problem of neutrino masses and mixing is reviewed.

Comments: 18 pages, no figures. Lecture presented at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Varenna, Italy, 22 July - 1 August 1997