  The excitation of the carbon $2^+$ state at 4.439 MeV by $70-150$ MeV
electron impact and its subsequent decay to the ground state by photon emission
is described within the distorted-wave Born approximation. The transition
densities are obtained from the nuclear quasiparticle phonon model. The photon
angular distributions are compared with earlier results and with experiment,
including the influence of bremsstrahlung. Predictions for spin asymmetries in
the case of polarized electron impact are also made.
