Home › Forums › Hyperfine course › electric quadrupole interaction › quadrupole operator › Axial Symmetry This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 1 year, 5 months ago by yury.holubeu. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts April 22, 2023 at 12:44 pm #4585 yury.holubeuParticipant From equation: the V_xx = V_yy =-1, so eta=0 and there is axial symmetry. From picture: the charge distribution is symmetric in the xy plane, which therefore has axial 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