Manipulating the Laser-Driven Proton Bunch with Plasma Wakefield

Figure 4

(a–d) Beam longitudinal phase space (dot) and longitudinal plasma wakefield (blue line). (e–h) The corresponding electron distribution in plasma. (a) Initial bunch energy distribution. (e) Initial electron distribution in plasma. (b, f) Propagation distance of bunch s = 7.2 cm. (c, g) Propagation distance of bunch s = 14.4 cm. (d, h) Propagation distance of bunch s = 21.6 cm.

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