Fourier transform of the Hankel function of first kind and zero order

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Given the Hankel function of first kind and zero order

$$ H_0^{(1)}(\omega|x-y|), $$

with $|x-y| \geq C >0$, I would like to calculate its Fourier transform, that is

$$ \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} H_0^{(1)}(\omega|x-y|) e^{-i \omega t} \; d\omega. $$

What I thought was the following:

Given

$$ U_y(x,t) = \frac{H(t-|x-y|)}{2\pi\sqrt{t^2-|x-y|^2}}, $$

where $H$ is the Heaviside function at $0$, we know that $U_y(x,t)$ is the fundamental solution of the 2D transient wave equation [1]:

$$ \begin{cases} (\partial_t^2 - \Delta)U_y(x,t) = \delta_{x=y} \; \delta_{t=0} & (x,t) \in \mathbb{R}^2\times \mathbb{R}, \\ U_y(x,t) = 0 & x \in \mathbb{R}^2, t\ll 0. \end{cases} $$

By applying the Fourier transform to the equation, we should get the Helmholtz equation

$$ (\Delta + \omega^2) \hat{U}(x,\omega) = \delta_{x=y}, $$

which has the Hankel function $H_0^{(1)}(\omega|x-y|)$ as the fundamental solution.

Therefore, I am tempted to write

$$ U_y(x,t) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \hat{U}(x,\omega) e^{-i \omega t} \; d\omega, $$

that is

$$ \frac{H(t-|x-y|)}{2\pi\sqrt{t^2-|x-y|^2}} = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} H_0^{(1)}(\omega|x-y|) e^{-i \omega t} \; d\omega, $$

but I have the feeling that I am missing something, since no books with tables of Fourier transforms mention it.

[1] Mansur, Carrer, Oyarzun, $Time$-$domain$ $BEM$ $techniques$