Activity measurement of 60Fe through the decay of 60mCo and confirmation of its half-life

Karen Ostdiek, Tyler Anderson, William Bauder +12

The half-life of the neutron-rich nuclide, {\fesixty} has been in dispute in recent years. A measurement in 2009 published a value of $(2.62\pm 0.04)\times 10^6$ years, almost tw…