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 Jef Vermeiren. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 16, 2024 at 2:42 pm #5515 Jef VermeirenParticipant 1) Since Vxx = Vyy, we have eta = 0 and therefore axial symmetry 2) The charge distribution will remain the same for rotation around its own axis 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