Interests

• Bayesian Methods for Exoplanet Detection

• N-body MCMC

• Radial Velocity Analysis

Selected Papers

• Nelson, B., Ford, E.B., Payne, M.J. (2014). ApJS, 210, 11. "RUN DMC: An Efficient, Parallel Code for Analyzing Radial Velocity Observations Using N-body Integrations and Differential Evolution Markov Chain Monte Carlo."

• Nelson, B. et al. (2020). AJ, 159, 73. "Quantifying the Bayesian Evidence for a Planet in Radial Velocity Data."

• Nelson, B. et al. (2014). MNRAS, 441, 442. "The 55 Cancri Planetary System: Fully Self-Consistent N-body Constraints and a Dynamical Analysis."

• Nelson, B. et al. (2016). AJ, 151, 106. "An Empirically Derived Three-dimensional Laplace Resonance in the Gliese 876 Planetary System."

• Nelson, B. et al. (2017). AJ, 154, 106. "Evidence for Two Hot-Jupiter Formation Paths."