Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions ℬ(B_c⁺→j/ψτ⁺ν_τ)/ℬ(B_c⁺→j/ψμ⁺ν_μ)

A measurement is reported of the ratio of branching fractions ℛ(J/ψ)=ℬ(B_c⁺→J/ψτ⁺ν_τ)/ℬ(B_c⁺→J/ψμ⁺ν_μ), where the τ⁺ lepton is identified in the decay mode τ⁺→μ⁺ν_μv̅_τ. This analysis uses a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to 3.0 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity recorded with the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. A signal is found for the decay B_c⁺→J/ψτ⁺ν_τ at a significance of 3 standard deviations corrected for systematic uncertainty, and the ratio of the branching fractions is measured to be ℛ(J/ψ)=0.71±0.17(stat)±0.18(syst). This result lies within 2 standard deviations above the range of central values currently predicted by the standard model.