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We report the first two-dimensional mapping of the stellar population andnon-stellar continua within the inner 180 pc (radius) of NGC 1068 at a spatialresolution of 8 pc, using integral field spectroscopy in the near-infrared. Wehave applied the technique of spectral synthesis to data obtained with theinstrument NIFS and the adaptive optics module ALTAIR at the Gemini NorthTelescope. Two episodes of recent star formation are found to dominate thestellar population contribution: the first occurred 300 Myr ago, extending overmost of the nuclear region; the second occurred just 30 Myr ago, in a ring-likestructure at ~100 pc from the nucleus, where it is coincident with an expandingring of H2 emission. Inside the ring, where a decrease in the stellar velocitydispersion is observed, the stellar population is dominated by the 300 Myr agecomponent. In the inner 35 pc, the oldest age component (age > 2Gyr) dominatesthe mass, while the flux is dominated by black-body components withtemperatures in the range 700 < T < 800 K which we attribute to the dustytorus. We also find some contribution from black-body and power-law componentsbeyond the nucleus which we attribute to dust emission and scattered light.

2D mapping of young stars in the inner 180 pc of NGC 1068: correlation with molecular gas ring and stellar kinematics