Development of an Endcap DIRC for PANDA

A major challenge is the adaption of the device to the PANDA environment including a magnetic field of ~1-2 T, high rates and radiation, limited space for optics and sensors as well as the lack of a common first-level trigger. This paper discusses a detector design which forms a compromise between these constraints and available hardware, a specific analytic reconstruction method, a performance estimation based on Geant4 simulations and finally the successful particle identification using a recent R&D prototype.