answer gilles homepage › Forums › the double ring › answer gilles This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 5 years, 9 months ago by gillesdelie. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts February 24, 2018 at 3:08 pm #790 Score: 0 gillesdelieParticipant for alpha>0 the lowest energy situation is the case when the dumbbell is parallel to the z-axis for alpha=0 the quadrupole contribution is 0 so the orientation does not matter for alpha<0 the lowest energy situation is the case when the dumbbell is perpendicular to the z-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