Chow Quotient Moduli Space of Dynamical Systems on the Projective Line and Rescaling Limits

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We study Chow-quotient compactifications of the moduli space of degree-$d$ rational self-maps of the projective line. We compute the degree of every three-dimensional orbit cycle in the Clebsch--Gordan compactification in terms of the main component and the hole depths. As consequences, we obtain the generic orbit class and a rational map on Chow quotients induced by iteration. We also introduce a marked Chow quotient designed to record collections of rescaling limits, describe it by decorated trees, and extend the fixed-point multiplier map to the normalization of the unmarked Chow quotient.