The PANDA Endcap Disc DIRC
K. Föhl, A. Ali, A. Belias, R. Dzhygadlo, A. Gerhardt, K. Götzen, G. Kalicy, M. Krebs, D. Lehmann, F. Nerling, M. Patsyuk, K. Peters, G. Schepers, L. Schmitt, C. Schwarz, J. Schwiening, M. Traxler, M. Böhm, W. Eyrich, A. Lehmann, M. Pfaffinger, F. Uhlig, M. Düren, E. Etzelmüller, A. Hayrapetyan, K. Kreutzfeld, O. Merle, J. Rieke, M. Schmidt, T. Wasem, P. Achenbach, M. Cardinali, M. Hoek, W. Lauth, S. Schlimme, C. Sfienti and M. Thiel
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Positively identifying charged kaons in the PANDA forward endcap solid angle range can be achieved with the Endcap Disc DIRC, allowing kaon-pion separation from 1 up to 4 GeV/c with a separation power of at least 3 standard deviations. Design, performance, and components of this DIRC are given, including the recently introduced TOFPET-ASIC based read-out. Results of a prototype operated in a test beam at DESY in 2016 are shown.