Correlated overlap functions and nucleon removal reactions from 16 O

Using the relationship between the one-nucleon overlap functions related to bound states of the (A - 1)-particle system and the one-body density matrix for the ground state of the A-particle system the overlap functions and spectroscopic factors are calculated within different correlation methods, such as: i) the Jastrow correlation method; ii) the Correlated Basis Function Theory; iii) the Green Function Method and, iv) the Generator Coordinate Method. The resulting bound-state overlap functions are used to calculate the cross sections of the (p,d), (e,e'n), (e, e'p) and (γ,p) reactions on 16 O. The nucleon-nucleon correlation effects are studied and various correlation methods are tested in the comparison with the experimental data. (authors)