Alexei Fedotov (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption Alexei Fedotov, a physicist in Brookhaven Lab’s Collider-Accelerator Department, is being recognized for his contributions to a beam-cooling technique that increases collision rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Credit Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about this research. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.