Home › Forums › Hyperfine course › electric quadrupole interaction › quadrupole operator › Axial symmetry This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago by Myrte.Rombouts. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 16, 2025 at 6:10 pm #6422 Myrte.RomboutsParticipant 1. On slide 4 we saw that η = 0 if V_xx = V_yy, which means we have axial symmetry. 2. On the figure on slide 8, we can see that the electrons are on the z-axis, which means we have axial symmetry around 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