PA-PRO-2020-004

The PANDA experiment will use cooled antiproton beams with high intensity stored
in the High Energy Storage Ring at FAIR. Reactions on a fixed target will shed light on
the strong QCD with charmed hadrons.
Ring imaging Cherenkov counters are used for charged particle identification.
The status of the Barrel DIRC (Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov light) is described.
Its design is robust and its performance validated in experiments with test beams.
The PANDA Barrel DIRC has entered the construction phase and will be installed in 2023/2024.