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  "abstract": "At high redshift, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) both cools relativistic leptons and provides seed photons for inverse-Compton (IC) X-ray emission. These two effects link the particle content of a bubble directly to the soft X-ray depression used to identify a cavity. We derive a physical criterion connecting lepton cooling, bubble volume, enthalpy evolution, and 0.5--2 keV X-ray visibility, while separating intrinsic filling of the X-ray depression from detector-dependent cavity recovery. For uncooled electron populations described by a power law with spectral index $s=2.5$, minimum Lorentz factor $100\\leqγ_{\\min}\\leq1000$, and maximum Lorentz factor $γ_{\\max}=10^5$, the measured atmosphere of the testbed high-redshift cluster SPT-CL J2215$-$3537 requires 0.6--1.2\\% of the pressure in radiating leptons to fill the soft-band deficit. Across the full tested ranges of $s$, $γ_{\\min}$, and atmospheric properties, the required fraction is 0.2--3.7\\%. Complete loss of this component reduces the enthalpy by less than 3\\% relative to an otherwise identical adiabatic bubble at the same pressure. A low-cutoff control with $γ_{\\min}=10$ and $s=3$ instead requires 18.9\\%, identifying the poorly constrained low-energy spectrum as the main physical uncertainty. For a fixed atmosphere and spectrum, the required fraction scales as $(1+z)^{-4}$. The declining-pressure tracks show that the X-ray deficit can cross the adopted detection threshold while the enthalpy deficit remains below 0.4\\%; the time of this transition depends on the assumed pressure history. Thus, high-redshift cavity visibility depends on both the surrounding atmosphere and the pressure-carrying particle spectrum. This criterion provides the physical basis for an instrument-specific recovery analysis.",
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      "name": "Ramananda Santra"
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    {
      "name": "Samik Mitra"
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2610.40610",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.40610",
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  "published": "2026-10-29",
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  "title": "The Conditional CMB Visibility of High-Redshift X-Ray Cavities in Galaxy clusters",
  "title_text": "The Conditional CMB Visibility of High-Redshift X-Ray Cavities in Galaxy clusters",
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  "updated_at": "2026-11-01T12:20:47Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/bemw0e4r97hn8",
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