Submitted on April 25, 2014, defended on June 9, 2014 at the University of Bristol.
To compile and view:
# get the code from the repository
git clone https://github.com/senkin/thesis
cd thesis
# pre-compiled pdf for the impatient
open thesis.pdf
# to build from scratch, run pdflatex once
pdflatex thesis.tex
# now set up Feynman diagrams
cd ThesisFigs
mpost feynman-diagrams.mp
cd ..
# set up bibliography
bibtex thesis
# pdflatex once (or twice) more
pdflatex thesis.tex
# all set
open thesis.pdf