We present a systematic study of the intensity mapping technique using
updated models for the different emission lines from galaxies and identify
which ones are more promising for cosmological studies of the post reionization
epoch. We consider the emission of Lyα, Hα, Hβ,
optical and infrared oxygen lines, nitrogen lines, CII and the CO rotational
lines. We then identify that Lyα, Hα, OII, CII and
the lowest rotational CO lines are the best candidates to be used as IM probes.
These lines form a complementary set of probes of the galaxies emission
spectra. We then use reasonable experimental setups from current, planned or
proposed experiments to access the detectability of the power spectrum of each
emission line. Intensity mapping of Lyα emission from z=2 to 3
will be possible in the near future with HETDEX, while far-infrared lines
require new dedicated experiments. We also show that the proposed SPHEREx
satellite can use OII and Hα IM to study the large-scale
distribution of matter in intermediate redshifts of 1 to 4. We found that
submilimeter experiments with bolometers can have similar performances at
intermediate redshifts using CII and CO(3-2).Comment: 18 pages, 21 figures, 5 tables, published in MNRAS, typos correcte