Protostellar Accretion Disks: Birth, Life and Death

1.     Formation and Early Evolution of Protostellar Disks

    1.1 Molecular Clouds: Structure and Support

    1.2 Initiation of Gravitational Collapse

    1.3 Formation and Growth of Accretion Disks

    1.4 Binary protostars: Circumstellar and Circumbinary Accretion Disks

2.     Physical Processes in Accretion Disks

    2.1 Angular Momentum Transport

    2.2 Jets and Outflows

    2.3 Dust Settling and Coagulation

    2.4 Chemical Evolution

3.     Late stages of Protostellar Accretion Disks

    3.1 Evolution of the Central (Proto-)star(s)

    3.2 Photoevaporation of Circumstellar Disks

    3.3 Planet Formation

    3.4 Debris Disks around Young Stars

4.     Summary of Key Questions for Future Research