Characterization of the PANDA Micro-Vertex-Detector and analysis of the first data measured with a tracking station

The Micro-Vertex-Detector (MVD) of the PANDA experiment has been studied and optimized making use of Monte Carlo simulations. A detailed geometry of active and passive components was implemented in the computing framework. This allows to perform an analysis of the geometrical coverage of the detector as well as of its material budget. The components of the MVD have been studied piece by piece and detailed material maps were produced. These results are crucial not only for the MVD, but for the overall PANDA detector because the MVD is the innermost detector of the experiment and it can have a large impact on the performance of outer ones. A tracking station composed of silicon strip detectors was designed, realized and tested in different beam setups. The simulation framework has been used as an interface to the real data coming from beam tests of this first prototype for the MVD. Energy calibration, alignment and analysis of the DAQ data have been performed.