Consider a CO molecule that is initially in the ground state of n = 0, l = 0. If the energy of a vibrational transition from the n = 0 state to the n = 1 state in CO could instead be absorbed in a rotational transition, what would be the value of l for the final state?

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Consider a CO molecule that is initially in the ground state of n = 0, l = 0. If the energy of a vibrational transition from the n = 0 state to the n = 1 state in CO could instead be absorbed in a rotational transition, what would be the value of l for the final state? 

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