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  "abstract": "In this work, we study a model problem involving a point particle spiraling into a non-rotating black hole in higher-derivative theories of gravity. In such theories, both the background spacetime and the generation and propagation of gravitational waves differ from those in General Relativity. We develop a modified Teukolsky formalism to describe gravitational waves sourced by the point particle and, as an illustrative example, compute the resulting fluxes to the black hole horizon and null infinity for a cubic gravity theory. The formalism is constructed in a way that can be naturally extended to rotating black holes. These results represent essential steps to build extreme mass-ratio-inspiral waveforms in modified gravity theories, which may also be rescaled to approximate waveforms from comparable-mass binary black hole systems, analogous to existing approaches in General Relativity.",
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      "name": "Chaoyi Yang"
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    {
      "name": "Neev Khera"
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    {
      "name": "Dongjun Li"
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    {
      "name": "Huan Yang"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.09766",
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  "published": "2026-10-16",
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  "title": "Modified Teukolsky Formalism for Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals in Higher-Derivative Gravity",
  "title_text": "Modified Teukolsky Formalism for Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals in Higher-Derivative Gravity",
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