List of Tables
2.1 The GOES classification scheme for solar flares using soft X-rays in the wavelength range 1 to 8 Å.
2.2 A comparison of the approximate values of bulk plasma parameters upstream of the Earth's bow shock [Burgess, 1995,Hundhausen, 1995] and a solar flare fast shock [Yokoyama & Shibata, 1996].
4.1 Typical simulation parameters.
4.2 Relationship between the plasma inflow speed in the frame of the simulation (which is a parameter of the simulation) and in the frame of the shock (which gives the shock's Alfvén Mach number).
4.3 Relationship between the plasma inflow speed in the frame of the simulation, Vin, and the c2 best fit gradient of the dispersion relation for a range of shocks with qBn=85° .
4.4 Fourier spectrum c2 best fit dispersion relations for a high and low resolution case to illustrate that our results are not resolution dependent.
5.1 Electron distribution function parameters as derived from adiabatic theory.
5.2 The location of particles at the end of the simulation, compared with predictions made through adiabatic theory for a shock with Vin = 4 vA.
6.1 The power law exponent of the upstream and downstream distributions for a variety of simulations with qBn=88° , Vin=4vA, Einit=100 eV and varying time steps in the electron test particle code, Dte.
6.2 The properties of a sample of ten shocks.
6.3 Time intervals over which the electron simulations are run.
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