Today, scientists have discovered that fast ions surfing on plasma waves could lead to new ways of controlling particle collisions. By using a combination of laser pulses and radio-frequency waves, researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that they can control the number and energy of the collisions between two ions. This could lead to new applications in areas such as fusion energy and particle accelerators. The research team found that the energy of the collisions can be tuned by varying the laser and radio-frequency amplitudes, and that the ions can be steered around to minimize the number of collisions. This could open up new possibilities for controlling and manipulating particle collisions in a variety of applications.

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