DetailedBalance

Consider a transition from $i\rightarrow f$ between two states of the nucleus with spins $J_{i}$ and $J_{f}$, respectively. The transition probability is proportional to the squared matrix element $|\langle J_{f}M_{f}|T_{\lambda \mu }|J_{i}M_{i}\rangle |^{2}$ where $T_{\lambda \mu }$ is a hermitian tensor operator of rank $\lambda$ responsible for the process. Define the reduced transition probability

$B(T_{\lambda };i\rightarrow f)=\sum _{\mu M_{f}}|\langle J_{f}M_{f}|T_{\lambda \mu }|J_{i}M_{i}\rangle |^{2}$

as a sum of squared matrix elements over final projections $M_{f}$ and operator projections $\mu$.

a) Express $B(T_{\lambda };i\rightarrow f)$ in terms of the reduced matrix element Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (f|| T_{\lambda}|| i)} and show that it does not depend on the initial projection Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle M_i} .

b) Establish the detailed balance between the reduced transition probabilities of the direct Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle i \rightarrow f} , and inverse Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f \rightarrow i} processes.

SOLUTION:

a) According to the Wigner-Eckert theorem, the entire dependence of the matrix element of a tensor operator on the magnetic quantum numbers is concentrated in the vector coupling coefficients,

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \langle J_f M_f| T_{\lambda \mu}| J_i M_i \rangle = (-)^{J_f-M_f} \left( \begin{array}{lll} J_f & \lambda & J_i \\ -M_f & \mu & M_i \end{array} \right) (f|| T_{\lambda}|| i) }

We obtain the rate by squaring this and summing over $\mu$ and $M_{f}$

$B(T_{\lambda };i\rightarrow f)=(f||T_{\lambda }||i)^{2}\sum _{\mu M_{f}}\left({\begin{array}{lll}J_{f}&\lambda &J_{i}\\-M_{f}&\mu &M_{i}\end{array}}\right)\left({\begin{array}{lll}J_{f}&\lambda &J_{i}\\-M_{f}&\mu &M_{i}\end{array}}\right)$

Using the orthogonality condition: $\sum _{m_{1}m_{2}}\left({\begin{array}{lll}j_{1}&j_{2}&j_{3}\\m_{1}&m_{2}&m_{3}\end{array}}\right)\left({\begin{array}{lll}j_{1}&j_{2}&j_{3}\\m_{1}&m_{2}&m_{3}\end{array}}\right)={\dfrac {\delta _{j_{3}j'_{3}}\delta _{m_{3}m'_{3}}}{2j_{3}+1}}$

Which leads us to our final result: $B(T_{\lambda };i\rightarrow f)={\dfrac {(f||T_{\lambda }||i)^{2}}{2J_{i}+1}}$

It is obvious that this result does not depend on $M_{i}$