D
irect
photon
product
ion at m
id-ra
pid
ity
in Pb–Pb coll
is
ions at
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ied
in the transverse momentum range
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ith the h
ighly segmented electromagnet
ic calor
imeter PHOS and v
ia convers
ions
in the ALICE detector mater
ial w
ith the
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pa
ir reconstructed
in the central track
ing system. The results of the two methods were comb
ined and d
irect
photon s
pectra were measured for the 0–20%, 20–40%, and 40–80% central
ity classes. For all three classes, agreement was found w
ith
perturbat
ive QCD calculat
ions for
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irect
photon s
pectra down to
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ity classes. The s
ign
if
icance of the d
irect
photon s
ignal for
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is 2.6
σ for the 0–20% class. The s
pectrum
in th
is
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ity class can be descr
ibed by an ex
ponent
ial w
ith an
inverse slo
pe
parameter of
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photon
product
ion
in heavy-
ion coll
is
ions agree w
ith the data w
ith
in uncerta
int
ies.