We construct the logarithmic and tropical Picard groups of a family of logarithmic curves and realize the latter as the quotient of the former by the algebraic Jacobian. We show that the logarithmic Jacobian is a proper family of logarithmic abelian varieties over the moduli space of Deligne-Mumford stable curves, but does not possess an underlying algebraic stack. However, the logarithmic Picard group does have logarithmic modifications that are representable by logarithmic schemes, all of which are obtained by pullback from subdivisions of the tropical Picard group.

We bound from below the complexity of the top Chern class λg of the Hodge bundle in the Chow ring of the moduli space of curves: no formulas for λg in terms of classes of degrees 1 and 2 can exist. As a consequence of the Torelli map, the 0-section over the second Voronoi compactification of the moduli of principally polarized abelian varieties also can not be expressed in terms of classes of degree 1 and 2. Along the way, we establish new cases of Pixton's conjecture for tautological relations.In the log Chow ring of the moduli space of curves, however, we prove λg lies in the subalgebra generated by logarithmic boundary divisors. The proof is effective and uses Pixton's double ramification cycle formula together with a foundational study of the tautological ring defined by a normal crossings divisor. The results open the door to the search for simpler formulas for λg on the moduli of curves after log blow-ups. Contents 1 Introduction 2 λ g in the Chow ring 3 The log Chow ring 4 Relationship with logarithmic geometry 5 The divisor subalgebra of log Chow 6 Pixton's formula for λ g ∈ CH ⋆ (M g ) 7 The bChow ring A The fourth cohomology group of M g B Computations in admcycles

The Chow quotient of a toric variety by a subtorus, as defined by Kapranov-Sturmfels-Zelevinsky, coarsely represents the main component of the moduli space of stable toric varieties with a map to a fixed projective toric variety, as constructed by Alexeev and Brion. We show that, after endowing both spaces with the structure of a logarithmic stack, the spaces are isomorphic. Along the way, we construct the Chow quotient stack and demonstrate several properties it satisfies.

We show that the Jacobians of prestable curves over toroidal varieties always admit Néron models. These models are rarely quasi-compact or separated, but we also give a complete classification of quasi-compact separated group-models of such Jacobians. In particular we show the existence of a maximal quasicompact separated group model, which we call the saturated model, which has the extension property for all torsion sections. The Néron model and the saturated model coincide over a Dedekind base, so the saturated model gives an alternative generalisation of the classical notion of Néron models to higher-dimensional bases; in the general case we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the Néron model and saturated model to coincide. The key result, from which most others descend, is that the logarithmic Jacobian of [MW18] is a log Neron model of the Jacobian.

We construct the logarithmic and tropical Picard groups of a family of logarithmic curves and realize the latter as the quotient of the former by the algebraic Jacobian. We show that the logarithmic Jacobian is a proper family of logarithmic abelian varieties over the moduli space of Deligne–Mumford stable curves, but does not possess an underlying algebraic stack. However, the logarithmic Picard group does have logarithmic modifications that are representable by logarithmic schemes, all of which are obtained by pullback from subdivisions of the tropical Picard group.