Abstract
In this overview, the recent results on direct-photon production and correlations in Pb–Pb collisions at \(\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02\) TeV obtained by the ALICE collaboration are presented. The invariant yields of direct photons have been measured in a wide range of transverse momentum ( \(p_{T}\) ) from 0.4 to 16 GeV/ \(c\) in different centrality classes from central to peripheral collisions. Obtained spectra are consistent with perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (pQCD) calculations and hydrodynamic predictions. Promising measurements of direct-photon correlations have been performed, resulting in estimation of the correlation radii of the emitting source in central and semicentral collisions. In addition, two-photon correlations are used to extend the \(p_{T}\) -dependent invariant yields of direct photons down to 250 MeV/ \(c\) .