Home › Forums › Hyperfine course › electric quadrupole interaction › quadrupole operator › Axial Symmetry This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 1 year, 9 months ago by Ferdinando Muraca. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 20, 2023 at 9:55 pm #4411 Ferdinando MuracaParticipant 1) From equation: The term V11 and V22 are the same => Vxx = Vyy => axial symmetry in PAS 2) From drawing: Symmetric w.r.t. xy-plane => axial symmetry (along z) 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