Di
rect photon p
roduction at mid-
rapidity in Pb–Pb collisions at
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ransve
rse momentum
range
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re detected with the highly segmented elect
romagnetic calo
rimete
r PHOS and via conve
rsions in the ALICE detecto
r mate
rial with the
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r reconst
ructed in the cent
ral t
racking system. The
results of the two methods we
re combined and di
rect photon spect
ra we
re measu
red fo
r the 0–20%, 20–40%, and 40–80% cent
rality classes. Fo
r all th
ree classes, ag
reement was found with pe
rtu
rbative QCD calculations fo
r rc">rmulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269316000320&_mathId=si5.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269316000320&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=f876eeae8231e04158b538b59eb9bcfd" title="Click to view the MathML source">pT≳5 GeV/cr hidden">. Di
rect photon spect
ra down to
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racted fo
r the 20–40% and 0–20% cent
rality classes. The significance of the di
rect photon signal fo
r rc">rmulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0370269316000320&_mathId=si7.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0370269316000320&_rdoc=1&_issn=03702693&md5=4067fc100418e5d9dc8ef576fcc34c21" title="Click to view the MathML source">0.9<pT<2.1 GeV/cr hidden"> is 2.6
σ fo
r the 0–20% class. The spect
rum in this
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rality class can be desc
ribed by an exponential with an inve
rse slope pa
ramete
r of
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rt models fo
r photon p
roduction in heavy-ion collisions ag
ree with the data within unce
rtainties.