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On the initial value problem in general relativity and wave propagation in...

On the initial value problem in general relativity and wave propagation in black-hole spacetimes Sbierski, Jan The first part of this thesis is concerned with the question of global uniqueness of...

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Discrete gravitational approaches to cosmology

Discrete gravitational approaches to cosmology Liu, Rex Gerry Exact solutions to the Einstein field equations are notoriously difficult to find. Most known solutions describe systems with...

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On the generation of waves during frontogenesis

On the generation of waves during frontogenesis Shakespeare, Callum Density fronts are ubiquitous features of the ocean and atmosphere boundary layers. Boundary layers are characterised by strong...

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Post-inflationary non-Gaussianities on the cosmic microwave background

Post-inflationary non-Gaussianities on the cosmic microwave background Su, Shi Chun The cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides unprecedented details about the history of our universe and helps to...

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Bending and buckling of a falling viscous thread

Bending and buckling of a falling viscous thread Blount, Maurice John This thesis analyses the behaviour of a slender viscous thread as it falls through air from a nozzle and lands on a solid surface,...

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Deep inelastic scattering processes and the parton model for hadrons

Deep inelastic scattering processes and the parton model for hadrons Kingsley, Roger Leon One of the greatest puzzles of elementary particle physics is the structure of the hadrons. Recent experiments...

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The structure and stability of vortices in astrophysical discs

The structure and stability of vortices in astrophysical discs Railton, Anna Dorothy This thesis finds that vortex instabilities are not necessarily a barrier to their potential as sites for...

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Geometric algebra and its application to mathematical physics

Geometric algebra and its application to mathematical physics Doran, Christopher John Leslie Clifford algebras have been studied for many years and their algebraic properties are well known. In...

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Dynamics of buoyant releases in confined spaces.

Dynamics of buoyant releases in confined spaces. Barnett, Steven John. The flows that may result from the release of a buoyant fluid from a small source in a confined space are varied and complex,...

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Geometric algebra and its application to mathematical physics

Geometric algebra and its application to mathematical physics Doran, Christopher John Leslie Clifford algebras have been studied for many years and their algebraic properties are well known. In...

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Bending and buckling of a falling viscous thread

Bending and buckling of a falling viscous thread Blount, Maurice John This thesis analyses the behaviour of a slender viscous thread as it falls through air from a nozzle and lands on a solid surface,...

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The structure and stability of vortices in astrophysical discs

The structure and stability of vortices in astrophysical discs Railton, Anna Dorothy This thesis finds that vortex instabilities are not necessarily a barrier to their potential as sites for...

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First-order gradient regularisation methods for image restoration:...

First-order gradient regularisation methods for image restoration: reconstruction of tomographic images with thin structures and denoising piecewise affine images Papoutsellis, Evangelos The focus of...

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On generalized dispersion relations and meson-nucleon scattering

On generalized dispersion relations and meson-nucleon scattering Gilbert, Walter

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Numerical solution of Sturm–Liouville problems via Fer streamers

Numerical solution of Sturm–Liouville problems via Fer streamers Ramos, Alberto Gil Couto Pimentel The subject matter of this dissertation is the design, analysis and practical implementation of a new...

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The power spectrum and bispectrum of inflation and cosmic defects

The power spectrum and bispectrum of inflation and cosmic defects Lazanu, Andrei Much of the recent progress in cosmology has come from studying the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background...

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Generalised nonlinear stability of stratified shear flows: adjoint-based...

Generalised nonlinear stability of stratified shear flows: adjoint-based optimisation, Koopman modes, and reduced models Eaves, Thomas Scott In this thesis I investigate a number of problems in the...

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Modelling the effects on building temperatures of phase change materials

Modelling the effects on building temperatures of phase change materials Bonnebaigt, Rachael In this thesis, three problems motivated by the possibility of use of phase change materials in buildings...

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Numerical analysis of the Fokas method in two and three dimensions

Numerical analysis of the Fokas method in two and three dimensions Crooks, Kevin This thesis considers the numerical solution to elliptic boundary value problems (BVPs) in convex domains. Specifically...

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Source modelling at the dawn of gravitational-wave astronomy

Source modelling at the dawn of gravitational-wave astronomy Gerosa, Davide The age of gravitational-wave astronomy has begun. Gravitational waves are propagating spacetime perturbations...

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