Three’s the lucky charm (quark) ☘️ The ALICE Experiment, dedicated to heavy-ion physics, is designed to study strongly interacting matter at extreme energy densities, also known as quark-gluon plasma. Watch ALICE experiment physicists Krystian and Meike share more about how the experiment got ready for the data-taking season during the end-of-the-year technical stop. Find out more about ALICE: https://alice-collaboration.web.cern.ch/ | CERN

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A”door”able Alice 🚪 The massive doors of the ALICE experiment are finally closed. This delicate operation took place at the end of July, and the magnets are now well protected behind these giants weighing 350 tonnes each. Closing of the doors symbolically marked the end of the maintenance and upgrading work on this experiment, as it now prepares for #PhysicsSeason at the LHC next year. #PhotoOfTheWeek Some accelerators are already back in service, find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/expe

The massive doors of the ALICE experiment magnet have been just reopened to allow scientists and technicians to work on the detector upgrade. The doors are 16 metres tall and weight 350 tonnes each. This delicate operation was performed in various phases over one week in December 2018. 🔴 Want to know more about ALICE experiment at CERN? Join us Thursday 21st next week for a Facebook Live from the ALICE's cavern. | CERN