7 papers
Modified Teukolsky Formalism for Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals in Higher-Derivative Gravity
Chaoyi Yang, Neev Khera, Dongjun Li +1
In this work, we study a model problem involving a point particle inspiraling into a non-rotating black hole in higher-derivative theories of gravity. In such theories, both the ba…
Metric Reconstruction for Generic Black-Hole Perturbations
Dongjun Li, Nicolás Yunes
Standard (radiation-gauge) metric reconstruction excludes generic sources because it requires a tracefree metric perturbation. We remove this obstruction for perturbations of Petro…
Modified Teukolsky formalism: Null testing and numerical benchmarking
Fawzi Aly, Mahmoud A. Mansour, Luis Lehner +3
Next-generation gravitational-wave detectors will make black-hole ringdown an increasingly sensitive probe of small departures from General Relativity in the strong-field regime. T…
Evolving extreme mass-ratio inspirals in a perturbed Schwarzschild spacetime
Michael LaHaye, Colin Weller, Dongjun Li +3
In this work, we develop the modified Teukolsky formalism that describes the GW radiation from a point mass orbiting around a perturbed Schwarzschild BH. This perturbation of the b…
The ringdown of a black hole surrounded by a thin shell of matter
Andrew Laeuger, Colin Weller, Dongjun Li +1
Recent studies have shown that far-field perturbations to the curvature potential of a black hole spacetime may destabilize its quasinormal mode (QNM) spectrum while only mildly af…
Extreme mass-ratio inspiral within an ultralight scalar cloud I. Scalar radiation
Dongjun Li, Colin Weller, Patrick Bourg +3
In this work, we study the dynamics of an extreme mass-ratio inspiral (EMRI) embedded within a scalar cloud populated around the massive black hole. This cloud may be generated thr…