Home › Forums › Hyperfine course › electric quadrupole interaction › quadrupole operator › axial symmetry This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 6 months, 3 weeks ago by Jakob Vermeulen. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 11, 2024 at 10:39 am #5383 Jakob VermeulenParticipant We notice the symmetry is present in two ways. – there are no non-diagonal elements present in the matrix element and both Vxx and Vyy are the same – the figure also indicates a 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