Abstract
We investigate the strong decays of the exotic charmonium-like \(Y(4230)\) state, recently reported by the BES III Collaboration, using the covariant confined quark model. The \(Y\) state is interpreted as a four-quark state with a molecular-type interpolating current. We evaluate the hidden-charm decay width of the \(Y\) state into a vector and a scalar, with the latter subsequently decaying into a pair of charged pseudoscalar mesons. The strong decay mode \(Y\to\pi^{+}\pi^{-}J/\psi\) is studied by accounting for both the \(f_0(500)\) and \(f_0(980)\) scalar resonances (treated as quark-antiquark states), whereas the \(Y\to K^{+}K^{-}J/\psi\) mode is analyzed using the \(f_0(980)\) scalar resonance. The estimated branching ratio and calculated partial widths for the strong decay of the \(Y(4230)\) state are consistent with latest experimental data and can be verified in future measurements.
