What is the minimum energy required to go from one vibrational state to the next higher vibrational state for a molecule whose vibrations are modeled by a harmonic oscillator?

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What is the minimum energy required to go from one vibrational state to the next higher vibrational state for a molecule whose vibrations are modeled by a harmonic oscillator?   

 

 

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