Looking inside the nest: the hidden structure of the merger galaxy NGC
  1316 (Fornax A)
  We present an analysis of the circumnuclear structure of NGC 1316 using both
near-infrared imaging and stellar kinematics. 2D decomposition of the images
suggests the presence of a structure that resembles inner gaseous spiral arms,
at about 5 to 15" from the center (500 to 1500 pc). We also find a disc-like
stellar structure with radius less than 200 pc. Analysis of previously
published SINFONI integral field kinematics data indicates a kinematically
decoupled core in the same spatial scale, further evidence that indeed the
nuclear stellar structure found is a kinematically cold stellar disc. We
suggest that both newly-found structural components are the result of a recent
accretion of a companion galaxy.
