What is $ \sum_{n \,\text{prime}}\cos(2 \pi x \ln(n)) $?

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I want to re-evaluate the infinite sum used in this paper (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265112276_FAVORED_CARDINALITIES_OF_SCALES) over just the primes.

They have (presumably the author just looked this up in a table or book, because it's not really derived, and setting $\sigma$ = 0):

$$ \sum_{n=1}^\infty Cos(2\ \pi\ x\ Log\ n ) = Re\ \zeta(2\ \pi\ i\ x) $$

At any rate, does anyone know what this infinite sum evaluates to if n is restricted over just the primes?:

$$ \sum_{n\ \epsilon\ Primes}^\infty Cos(2\ \pi\ x\ Log\ n ) = \ ?$$

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As a start, note that $\cos(z) =\Re e^{iz} $.

Therefore

$\begin{array}\\ \sum_{n=1}^\infty Cos(2\ \pi\ x\ Log\ n ) &=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \Re e^{2\ \pi\ i\ x\ Log\ n }\\ &=\Re\sum_{n=1}^\infty e^{2\ \pi\ i\ x\ Log\ n }\\ &=\Re\sum_{n=1}^\infty n^{2\ \pi\ i\ x }\\ &= \Re\ \zeta(2\ \pi\ i\ x)\\ \end{array} $

If you do the same thing for primes, you get

$\begin{array}\\ \sum_{n\in \mathbb{P}} Cos(2\ \pi\ x\ Log\ n ) &=\sum_{n\in \mathbb{P}} \Re e^{2\ \pi\ i\ x\ Log\ n }\\ &=\Re\sum_{n\in \mathbb{P}} e^{2\ \pi\ i\ x\ Log\ n }\\ &=\Re\sum_{n\in \mathbb{P}} n^{2\ \pi\ i\ x }\\ \end{array} $

I'm not sure where to go from here.