A study of 10 Rotating Radio Transients using Parkes radio telescope

Abstract

Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) are a relatively new subclass of pulsars that emit detectable radio bursts sporadically. We conducted an analysis of 10 RRATs observed using the Parkes telescope, with 8 of these observed via the Ultra-Wideband Receiver. We measured the burst rate and produced integrated profiles spanning multiple frequency bands for 3 RRATs. We also conducted a spectral analysis on both integrated pulses and individual pulses of 3 RRATs. All of their integrated pulses follow a simple power law, consistent with the known range of pulsar spectral indices. Their average spectral indices of single pulses are -0.9, -1.2, and -1.0 respectively, which are within the known range of pulsar spectral indices. Additionally, we find that the spreads of single-pulse spectral indices for these RRATs (ranging from -3.5 to +0.5) are narrower compared to what has been observed in other RRATs (Shapiro-Albert et al. 2018; Xie et al. 2022). It is notable that the average spectral index and scatter of single pulses are both relatively small. For the remaining 5 RRATs observed at the UWL receiver, we also provided the upper limits on fluence and flux density. In addition, we obtained the timing solution of PSR J1709-43. Our analysis shows that PSRs J1919+1745, J1709-43 and J1649-4653 are potentially nulling pulsars or weak pulsars with sparse strong pulses.

arXiv comment16 pages, 8 figures, RAA accepted

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