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    Tijmen Jacobs
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    For alpha>0: This was shown in the slides, the lowest energy is when the dumbbell is parallel to the z-axis.
    For alpha=0: The quadrupole term is zero and thus orientiation has no effect on the energy.
    For alpha<: Now the situation is reversed, the lowest energy is when the dumbbell is in the xy-plane.

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