A short introduction to the Lindblad master equation Manzano Diosdado, Daniel The theory of open quantum systems is one of the most essential tools for the development of quantum technologies. Furthermore, the Lindblad (or Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad) master equation plays a key role as it is the most general generator of Markovian dynamics in quantum systems. In this paper, we present this equation together with its derivation and methods of resolution. The presentation tries to be as self-contained and straightforward as possible to be useful to readers with no previous knowledge of this field. 2020-04-03T10:14:41Z 2020-04-03T10:14:41Z 2020-02-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article AIP Advances 10, 025106 (2020); [doi: 10.1063/1.5115323] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61035 10.1063/1.5115323 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España AIP Publishing