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K.Websdale, D.Weiden, A.Weisser, C.Whitehead, M.Wilkinson, G.Wilkinson, M.Williams, I.Williams, M. R. J.Williams, M.Williams, T.Wilson, F. F.Winn, M.Wislicki, W.Witek, M.Wormser, G.Wotton, S. A.Wyllie, K.Xiao, D.Xie, Y.Xu, A.Xu, M.Xu, Q.Xu, Z.Yang, Z.Yao, Y.Yeomans, L. E.Yin, H.Yu, J.Yuan, X.Yushchenko, O.Zarebski, K. A.Zavertyaev, M.Zhang, D.Zhang, L.Zhang, W. C.Zhang, Y.Zhelezov, A.Zheng, Y.Zhu, X.Zhukov, V.Zonneveld, J. B.Zucchelli, S.2021-03-262021-03-262021-03-262021-03-0910.1007/JHEP03(2021)099https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/176892WOS:000627834700001A search for the B-s(0) -> D*(+/-) D--/+ decay is performed using proton-proton collision data at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13TeV collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1). The decay is observed with a high significance and its branching fraction relative to the B-0 -> D*(+/-) D--/+ decay is measured to beB(B-s(0) -> D*D-+/-(-/+))/B(B-0 -> D*D-+/-(-/+)) = 0.137 +/- 0.017 +/- 0.002 +/- 0.006,where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is due to the uncertainty on the ratio of the B-s(0) and B-0 hadronisation fractions.Physics, Particles & FieldsPhysicsb physicsbranching fractionflavor physicshadron-hadron scattering (experiments)Observation of the Bs0 -> (DD -/+)-D-*+/- decaytext::journal::journal article::research article