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 DriesHendrikx. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 20, 2023 at 10:02 pm #4415 DriesHendrikxParticipant From equation: the V_xx component is equal to the V_yy component (both -1), therefore eta is 0 and there is axial symmetry. From picture: the charge distribution is symmetric in the xy plane, which therefore has axial symmetry. 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