Bissey, F.Thomas, A.Afnan, I.2006-07-052006-07-052001Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, 2001; 64(2):024004-1-024004-150556-28131089-490Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/11116The spectral functions and light-cone momentum distributions of protons and neutrons in ³He and ³H are given in terms of the three-nucleon wave function for realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions. To reduce computational complexity, separable expansions are employed for the nucleon-nucleon potentials. The results for the light-cone momentum distributions suggest that they are not very sensitive to the details of the two-body interaction, as long as it has reasonable short-range repulsion. The unpolarized and polarized structure functions are examined for both ³He and ³H in order to test the usefulness of ³He as a neutron target. It is found that the measurement of the spin structure function of polarized ³H would provide a very clear test of the predicted change in the polarized parton distributions of a bound proton.en©2001 The American Physical SocietyJournal article002001048010.1103/PhysRevC.64.0240040001704363000112-s2.0-1434427616162000Thomas, A. [0000-0003-0026-499X]