Parkes observations for project P888 semester 2015APRS_BPSR_02

Erratically-emitting neutron stars like Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), represent approximately 3% (and increasing) of radio-emitting pulsars as they are found via searches of archival and current pulsar surveys. The sporadic emission from these sources makes them difficult to study and nearly all information about the properties of the objects is the result of dedicated monitoring and timing programs at Parkes telescope. This project represents an effort to obtain accurate timing solutions of a sample of sparse-emitting pulsars. We will monitor and time 6 sources to determine basic RRAT properties including spin period, spin period derivative, and polarization properties. Thus enabling us to identify physical causes for the extreme emission, enable high-energy follow-up observations, deduce how these pulsars are related to the general pulsar and magnetar populations, and explore the distribution of extreme radio intermittence in neutron stars.