Calculate fourier transfrom $f(x) = \frac{\cos(bx)}{a^2 +x^2} $ for $a, b >0$ how should I continue from here

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$$f(x) = \frac{\cos(bx)}{a^2 +x^2} $$ for $a, b$ $>0$

$$\hat f(\omega) = \int\limits^{\infty}_{-\infty} \dfrac{1}{2{\pi}}\cdot\dfrac{\cos\left(bx\right)}{a^2+x^2}\mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{i}wx}\,\mathrm{d}x = \int\limits^{\infty}_{-\infty} \dfrac{\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{i}bx}+\mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{i}bx}}{4\pi\left(a^2+x^2\right)}\mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{i}wx}\,\mathrm{d}x=$$

$$ \int\limits^{\infty}_{-\infty} \dfrac{\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{i}x\left(b-w\right)}}{2\left(a^2+x^2\right)}\,\mathrm{d}x + \int\limits^{\infty}_{-\infty} \dfrac{\mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{i}x\left(b+w\right)}}{2\left(a^2+x^2\right)}\,\mathrm{d}x$$

How should I continue from here?

I checked on wolfram alpha but the answer should not expressed with dirac function since we didn't learn it.

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Note that the factor $\cos(bx)$ is just a modulation, i.e., a translation of the spectrum. So we can try to determine the Fourier transform $G(\omega)$ of

$$g(x)=\frac{1}{a^2+x^2}\tag{1}$$

and from $G(\omega)$ determine the Fourier transform of $f(x)$:

$$F(\omega)=\frac12\big[G(\omega-b)+G(\omega+b)\big]\tag{2}$$

Rewrite $g(x)$ as

$$g(x)=\frac{1}{2a}\left[\frac{1}{a+jt}+\frac{1}{a-jt}\right]\tag{3}$$

It's straightforward to see that

$$\mathcal{F}\left\{\frac{1}{a+jt}\right\}=2\pi e^{a\omega}u(-\omega),\qquad a>0\tag{4}$$

and

$$\mathcal{F}\left\{\frac{1}{a-jt}\right\}=2\pi e^{-a\omega}u(\omega),\qquad a>0\tag{5}$$

where $u(\omega)$ is the Heaviside unit step function.

Using $(4)$ and $(5)$, the Fourier transform of $g(x)$ is obtained as

$$G(\omega)=\frac{\pi}{a}e^{-a|\omega|}\tag{6}$$

The Fourier transform of $f(x)$ can be obtained by plugging $(6)$ into $(2)$.