The form factors of the $\Lambda_{ b} \to N^\ast \ell^+ \ell^-$ decay are calculated in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules. In the calculations the contribution of the negative parity $\Lambda_b^\ast$ baryon is eliminated by constructing the sum rules for different Lorentz structures. Furthermore the branching ratio of the semileptonic $\Lambda_b \to N^\ast \ell^+ \ell^-$ decay is calculated. The numerical study for the branching ratio of the $\Lambda_{ b} \to N^\ast \ell^+ \ell^-$ decay indicates that it is quite large and could be measurable at future planned experiments to be conducted at LHCb.
Categories: hep-ph