Results of experiments on the dynamics and kinetic roughening of one-dimensional slow-combustion fronts in three grades of paper are reported. Extensive averaging of the data allows a detailed analysis of the spatial and temporal development of the interface fluctuations. The asymptotic scaling properties, on long length and time scales, are well described by the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang ͑KPZ͒ equation with short-range, uncorrelated noise. To obtain a more detailed picture of the strong-coupling fixed point, characteristic of the KPZ universality class, universal amplitude ratios, and the universal coupling constant are computed from the data and found to be in good agreement with theory. Below the spatial and temporal scales at which a crossover takes place to the standard KPZ behavior, the fronts display higher apparent exponents and apparent multiscaling. In this regime the interface velocities are spatially and temporally correlated, and the distribution of the magnitudes of the effective noise has a power-law tail. The relation of the observed short-range behavior and the noise as determined from the local velocity fluctuations is discussed.

Nd2Fe14B permanent magnets with different load lines were irradiated with 20 MeV protons at temperatures between 300 and 15 K, and the flux loss was measured as a function of the irradiation temperature. The results show that the magnetic flux loss depends drastically on temperature and on the shape of the sample. A new theoretical model which explains the observed temperature dependence of irradiation effects is introduced.

Nd2Fe14B permanent magnets were irradiated with 20 MeV protons at 300 K and at 15 K, and the flux loss was measured as a function of the irradiation dose. The results show that at 15 K the Nd2Fe14B magnets can withstand particle radiation at least 1000 times more than at room temperature.

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