Bibcode
                                    
                            Bakx, Tom J. L. C.; Dannerbauer, Helmut
    Bibliographical reference
                                    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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                        9
            
                        2022
            
  Citations
                                    8
                            Refereed citations
                                    7
                            Description
                                    We present methods to (i) graphically identify robust redshifts using emission lines in the (sub)mm regime, (ii) evaluate the capabilities of different (sub)mm practices for measuring spectroscopic redshifts, and (iii) optimize future (sub)mm observations towards increasing the fraction of robust redshifts. Using this publicly available code (https://github.com/tjlcbakx/redshift-search-graphs), we discuss scenarios where robust redshifts can be identified using both single- and multiple-line detections, as well as scenarios where the redshift remains ambiguous, even after the detection of multiple lines. Using the redshift distribution of (sub)mm samples, we quantify the efficiencies of various practices for measuring spectroscopic redshifts, including interferometers, as well as existing and future instruments specifically designed for redshift searches. Finally, we provide a method to optimize the observation strategy for future (sub)mm spectroscopic redshift searches with the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array, where 2 mm proves indispensable for robust redshifts in the $\mathit{ z}$ = 2-4 region.
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