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Table 4

Our estimated Schechter parameters compared with values reported in the literature, for the three dropout samples.

Reference φ α
[10-3Mpc-3]
u-dropouts

This work, Schechter
This work, Schechter+Magnification
Reddy & Steidel (2009) −20.97 ± 0.14 1.71 ± 0.53 −1.73 ± 0.13
Sawicki & Thompson (2006)
Arnouts et al. (2005) −21.08 ± 0.45 1.62 ± 0.90 −1.47 ± 0.21
Poli et al. (2001) −20.84 ± 0.37 2.3 −1.37 ± 0.19
Steidel et al. (1999) −21.04 ± 0.15 1.4 −1.60 ± 0.13

g-dropouts

This work −20.84 ± 0.09 −1.56 ± 0.08
Bouwens et al. (2007) −20.98 ± 0.10 1.3 ± 0.2 −1.73 ± 0.05
Yoshida et al. (2006) −1.82 ± 0.09
Sawicki & Thompson (2006)
Giavalisco (2005) −21.20 ± 0.04 1.20 ± 0.03 −1.64 ± 0.10
Ouchi et al. (2004a) −21.0 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0.2 −2.2 ± 0.2
Steidel et al. (1999) −21.05 1.1 −1.6 (fixed)

r-dropouts

This work
Bouwens et al. (2007) −20.64 ± 0.13 1.0 ± 0.3 −1.66 ± 0.09
Oesch et al. (2007) −20.78 ± 0.16 0.9 ± 0.3 −1.54 ± 0.10
Iwata et al. (2007) −21.28 ± 0.38
Yoshida et al. (2006) −1.82 (fixed)
Giavalisco (2005) −21.06 ± 0.05 0.83 ± 0.03 −1.51 ± 0.18
Ouchi et al. (2004a) −20.3 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 1.0 −1.6 (fixed)

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