PANDA TAG Tracking

Design Choices

1. Central Tracker:

• TPC - a Time Projection Chamber with a GEM based readout or
• STT - a Straw Tube Tracker with self-supporting, over pressured straws with skewed layers

1. Forward Tracker:

• MDC1 - Mini Drift Chambers using cathode wires or
• MDC2 - Mini Drift Chambers using cathode foils (Dubna design) or
• Straw Tubes - self-supporting straws (Juelich design)