The Nuclear Astrophysics Program at the CERN n_TOF Facility: Results and Perspectives

The CERN n_TOF facility is a research infrastructure specifically designed for studying neutron-induced nuclear reactions. Pulsed white neutron beams are delivered toward three experimental areas, two of them at different baselines to apply the time-of-flight technique, and another one very close to the neutron source for activation studies. High intensity and high neutron energy resolution make n_TOF a unique facility. A major component of the physics program at n_TOF is dedicated to the measurement of key neutron induced reactions for nuclear astrophysics, relevant to nucleosynthesis in stars, the Big Bang primordial nucleosynthesis as well as Cosmochronology. A review of the relevant results obtained at the n_TOF facility is reported, together with details of challenging new measurements in preparation.