The effect of tensor nucleon-nucleon correlations upon exclusive and semiexclusive electronuclear reactions is studied. Differential cross sections for the semiexclusive ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}{(e,e}^{\prime }p)$ and exclusive ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}{(e,e}^{\prime }pn)$ processes are computed by explicitly evaluating the dynamical electromagnetic coupling to a tensor correlated nucleon pair. In both reaction channels the tensor correlations contribute in a very substantial way. Tensor correlations are found to generate more electronuclear strength than central Jastrow correlations do.

• Received 19 August 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.61.021603