Axial symmetry Home › Forums › Hyperfine course › electric quadrupole interaction › quadrupole operator › Axial symmetry This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 1 week, 1 day ago by drusse. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts March 16, 2026 at 6:37 pm #6895 drusseParticipant Axial symmetry is represented in the matrix because the diagonal elements V_xx and V_yy are equal, resulting in an asymmetry parameter eta = 0. Visually, the toy model is axially symmetric because the charge distribution is invariant under any rotation 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