The PANDA Experiment at FAIR

The PANDA experiment is one of the large installations at the future international Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany. It will be located at an internal target station of the High Energy Storage Ring for anti-protons. The PANDA physics programme focusses on charmonium spectroscopy and the search for glueballs and hybrids, but also includes hypernuclear physics, investigations into the structure of the proton and a variety of other physics topics. The detector is designed as multipurpose set-up and is currently being planned and prepared by an international collaboration consisting of 350 physicists from 15 countries. The experimental setup includes a series of innovative detectors, e.g. a micro-vertex detector, barrel and disc DIRC detectors and a high resolution electromagnetic PbWO4 calorimeter with APD readout. FAIR The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research The project FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) will be an international accelerator facility of the next generation, located at the site of the existing GSI laboratory. At its heart is a double ring facility with a circumference of 1100 meters. A system of cooler-storage rings for effective beam cooling at high energies and various experimental halls will be connected to the facility. Figure 1 shows a schematic aerial view of the existing and future accelerators and buildings at GSI and FAIR. Figure 1: Aerial view of the future FAIR facility with High Energy Storage Ring (HESR) and the PANDA Hall.