Home › Forums › Hyperfine course › electric quadrupole interaction › quadrupole operator › Axial symmetry This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 9 months, 1 week ago by dorien. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 11, 2024 at 11:23 am #5386 dorienParticipant We can see the symmetry in 2 ways: 1) There are no non diagonal matrix elements and Vxx and Vyy are equal, so eta = 0 2) The figure indicates a symmetry in the xy plane Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In