  The influence of short-range correlations on the $p$-wave single-particle
spectral function in $^{16}{\rm O}$ is studied as a function of energy. This
influence, which is represented by the admixture of high-momentum components,
is found to be small in the $p$-shell quasihole wave functions. It is therefore
unlikely that studies of quasihole momentum distributions using the $(e,e'p)$
reaction will reveal a significant contribution of high momentum components.
Instead, high-momentum components become increasingly more dominant at higher
excitation energy. The above observations are consistent with the energy
distribution of high-momentum components in nuclear matter.
