Submitted by Christopher Paul Ewels to the University of Exeter as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, in the Faculty of Science, July 1997.
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Declaration
I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work
has been identified and that no material is included for which a
degree has previously been conferred upon me.
C. P. Ewels,
July, 1997
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