\begin{table}%t4 \caption{\label{tab:fitlf}Best fit Schechter LF parameters for $\alpha = -1.5$.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{c c c} \hline \hline\noalign{\smallskip} Redshift & ${\rm log}(L^{*} ({\rm erg}~ {\rm s}^{-1}))$ & ${\rm log}(\Phi^{*}({\rm Mpc}^{-3}))$ \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} 7.7\tablefootmark{a} & $\rm 43.0^{+0.2}_{-0.3}$ & $\rm -3.9^{+0.5}_{-0.3}$ \\ 7.7\tablefootmark{b} & $\rm 43.3^{+0.6}_{-0.6}$ & $\rm -4.4^{+1.2}_{-0.7}$ \\ 7.7\tablefootmark{c} & $\rm 42.9^{+0.5}_{-0.7}$ & $\rm -3.8^{+2.1}_{-0.8}$ \\ 7.7\tablefootmark{d} & $\rm 42.5^{+0.5}_{-0.7}$ & $\rm -3.0^{+3.5}_{-1.2}$ \\ 6.5$^{{\rm (1)}}$ & $\rm 42.6^{+0.12}_{-0.1}$ & $\rm -2.88^{+0.24}_{-0.26}$ \\ 5.7$^{{\rm (2)}}$ & $\rm 42.8^{+0.16}_{-0.16}$ & $\rm -3.11^{+0.29}_{-0.31}$ \\[0.5mm] \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{\tablefoottext{a}{Full sample of 7 candidates.} \tablefoottext{b}{Mean of the 20 {\it bright} subsamples.} \tablefoottext{c}{Mean of the 10 {\it intermediate} subsamples.} \tablefoottext{d}{Mean of the 5 {\it faint} subsamples (see text for details).}}\vspace*{-2mm} \tablebib{(1) \cite{Kashikawa}; (2) \cite{Ouchi}.}\vspace*{4mm} \end{table}