PANDA is a future antiproton experiment designed to study fundamental questions of hadron and nuclear physics. It will work as a fixed-target facility, hence – due to the Lorentz boost – the distribution of reaction products will be strongly forward-peaked, in particular for the near-threshold measurements. Thus, the Forward Spectrometer, covering the most forward angles (θlab < 10°) is one of the key components of PANDA. In this contribution, current design of the Forward Spectrometer is presented. Spectrometer components, including dipole magnet, tracking detectors, electromagnetic and hadron calorimeter, muon counters, RICH detector and TOF system are discussed. Results of simulations are shown along with tests of the prototype detectors performed in a high-rate environment.
Pion exchange and the H1 forward spectrometer data
