Orientational Ordering in Monolayers of Ortho-Para Hydrogen

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We discuss orientational ordering in monolayers of solid hydrogen in view of recent experimental findings in NMR studies of (itortho)c-(itpara)₁₋c-hydrogen mixtures on boron nitride substrate. Analysis of the temperature-concentration behavior for the observed NMR frequency splitting is given on the basis of a two-dimension (J=1)c-(J=0)₁₋c-rotor model with the quadrupolar coupling constant Γ₀=0.50± 0.03 K and the crystalline field amplitude V₀=0.70± 0.10 K derived from experiment. The two distinct para-rotational (PR) short-range ordered structures are described in terms of the local alignment and orientation of the polar principal axis, and are shown to be due to the interplay between the positive and negative crystalline fields. It is shown that the observed below the 2D site percolation threshold cₚ=0.72 local structures are rather different from the ferromagnetic-type PR ordering suggested earlier by Harris and Berlinsky.