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For bunch compression down to pulse durations of 50 ns, a dedicated rf system is under development for the SIS12/18 heavy ion synchrotron upgrade and will be described in this paper. Due to space restrictions in SIS12/18 the rf system consists of very short cavities which provide a very large voltage gradient (50 kV/m) at a very low frequency of approximately 800 kHz and rf final stages which provide a short rise time. The only possibilty to meet the requirements is the application of a cavity heavily inductively loaded by metallic alloy (MA) ring cores. This new rf system will be a prototype for the advanced acceleration and compression system needed in SIS100, which is the most important part for the proposed International Acceleration Facility at GSI. In order to gain experience with different MA ring core materials two of the four compressor cavities are loaded differently, which gives us an opportunity to learn the operational advantages of both materials. It is expected that the experimental results will support the final judgement for the future rf system in SIS100.
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