Parkes observations for project P1336 semester 2024OCTS_04

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This proposal aims to confirm the periodic radio pulsations of the polarised sources identified in the MeerKAT Bulge imaging survey. Discovering pulsars through blind single-dish radio surveys and traditional search methods can be impractical due to excess pulse smearing towards the Galactic center and the steep-spectrum nature of the pulsars. However, targeted searches on pulsar candidates discovered in imaging surveys based on their polarization properties are proving to be an extremely useful alternative. Given their potential visibility primarily at higher frequencies due to the less pronounced effect of scattering at these frequencies, the Ultra Wide Low Band (UWL) receiver of the Parkes Radio Telescope (Murriyang) is the most promising instrument to confirm their pulsar nature. We hence request Parkes/Murriyang UWL observations of these candidates to search for pulsations.