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 Tijmen Jacobs. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 20, 2023 at 10:45 pm #4437 Tijmen JacobsParticipant The two ways to determine if axial symmetry is present: 1. From the matrix. Only diagonal elements are non-zero and xx-yy values are equal. 2. This can be seen from the picture 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