2008ApJS..176..301O

We present luminosity functions (LFs) and various properties of Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z=3.1, 3.7, and 5.7, in a 1 deg2 sky of the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) Field. We obtain a photometric sample of 858 LAE candidates based on deep Subaru Suprime-Cam imaging data and a spectroscopic sample of 84 confirmed LAEs from Subaru FOCAS and VLT VIMOS spectroscopy in a survey volume of ∼10⁶ Mpc3 with a limiting Lyα luminosity of ∼3x10⁴² ergs/s. We derive the LFs of the Lyα and UV continuum (≃1500 Å) for each redshift, taking into account the statistical error and the field-to-field variation. We find that the apparent Lyα LF shows no significant evolution between z=3.1 and 5.7 within factors of 1.8 and 2.7 in L^* and φ*, respectively. On the other hand, the UV LF of LAEs increases from z=3.1 to 5.7, indicating that galaxies with Lyα emission are more common at earlier epochs. We identify six LAEs with AGN activities from our spectra combined with VLA, Spitzer, and XMM-Newton data. Among the photometrically selected LAEs at z=3.1 and 3.7, only ≃1% show AGN activities, while the brightest LAEs with logL(Lyα)≳43.4-43.6 ergs/s appear to always host AGNs. Our LAEs are bluer in UV-continuum color than dropout galaxies, suggesting lower extinction and/or younger stellar populations. Our stacking analyses provide upper limits to the radio luminosity and the f_HeII_/fLyα_ line fraction and constrain the hidden star formation (+low-luminosity AGN) and the primordial population in LAEs.