Transient degrees of freedom and stability

Varda F. Hagh, Sidney R. Nagel, Andrea J. Liu, M. Lisa Manning, and Eric I. Corwin James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Department of Physics and BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA Department of Physics and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA (Dated: May 25, 2021)