The photoelectron spectrum of CO has four major peaks with ionization energies of 14.5, 17.2, 20.1, and 38.3 eV. Assign these peaks of molecular orbitals of CO, and prepare a quantitative energy level correlation diagram for CO. The ionization energy of carbon atoms is 11.26 eV, and the ionization energy of oxygen atoms is 13.62 eV.

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