Ground state phase diagram of parahydrogen in one dimension.

The low-temperature phase diagram of parahydrogen in one dimension is studied by quantum Monte Carlo simulations, whose results are interpreted within the framework of Luttinger liquid theory. We show that, contrary to what was claimed in a previous study [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2348 (2000)], the equilibrium phase is a crystal. The phase diagram mimics that of parahydrogen in two dimensions, with a single quasicrystaline phase and no quantum phase transition; i.e., it is qualitatively different from that of 4He in one dimension.