PA-PRO-2018-002

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The PANDA Endcap Disc DIRC

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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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Friday, 2 February, 2018

Publication abstract: 

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.