High-momentum components in the 1p orbitals of ^{16}O

We have investigated that part of the momentum distribution of $^{16}O$ that is linked through the (e,e'p) reaction to the low lying discrete states in $^{15}N$. The MAMI facility with its new generation of 100% duty-cycle electron accelerator has allowed to cover in this experiment the previously not accessible momentum range of 265 < p_m < 700 MeV/c. The reduced cross sections are compared to DWIA calculations in which the proton in its initial state is assumed to be bound in the mean field of a Woods-Saxon well. At low momenta, our results at T_p=93 MeV are in excellent agreement with the NIKHEF measurement. At high momenta the rise above the mean-field prediction is modest.