Abstract
Isoscalar and isovector components of M2 and M4 transition matrix elements are obtained by comparing stretched single-(quasi)proton transitions with stretched single-(quasi)neutron transitions. Both the isoscalar and the isovector components are found to be smaller by factors geffg0.20.3 than the single-quasiparticle values. The reductions are accounted for, respectively, in terms of destructive effects of the isoscalar magnetic (spin) and the isovector magnetic (isospin-spin) core polarizations.