What is the result of this integral, and how can I proceed:
$$ \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{c_{1} \over\left(1 + c_{2}\,x^{2}\right)^{5/6}}\, \cos\left(x\tau\right)\,{\rm d}x\,,\qquad c_{1}, c_{2}\mbox{: positive constants.} $$
I see in one book that the result contains the ${\tt 2_{\rm nd}\ \mbox{type Bessel function}}$.
Related problems (I). Follow the steps
1) the integrand is even so you can integrate on the interval $(0,\infty)$
2) expand the function $\cos(x)$ in terms of its Taylor series
3) use the beta function to evaluate the integral and then resum.
Added: Here is a closed form for a more general integral
in terms of the modified Bessel function of the first kind. Pay attention for what values of $\alpha$ the above formula make sense.