The isomeric 2+ state of 60co at 58.6 kev decays to the 5+ ground state. internal conversion competes with gamma emission: the observed internal conversion coefficients are alphak=41, alphal=7 and alpham=1. compute the expected half-life of the 2+ state if the tranition multipolarity is assumed to be m3 and compare it with the observed half-life. if the transition also contained a small component of e4 radiation, how would your estimate for the half-lif be altered? the 2+ state also decays by direct beta emission to 60ni. the maximum beta energy is 1.55 mev and the log(ft1/2) is 7.2. what is the effect of having this additional mode of decay? how much of each decay would we see and what would happen o the half-life?