quadrupole splitting

in Mössbauer spectroscopy
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The measured Doppler velocity difference between the two peaks seen in quadrupole split spectra from nuclides such as 57Fe and 119Sn.
Source:
PAC, 1976, 45, 211. 'Nomenclature and Conventions for Reporting Mössbauer Spectroscopic Data' on page 214 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197645030211)