Solution

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The delta function in the artificial constant potential collapses the convolution. Put and . Then
Inverse Fourier transform gives the stated real-frequency integral with exponential . For , the poles have opposite real parts and common imaginary part . For , both are imaginary, at . They remain in the upper half-plane if , or the lower half-plane if . At equality they merge into a second-order pole at . For one pole reaches the real axis, requiring a prescription.
Figure 1.
Pole motion above, at and below the repeated-pole threshold; shown for positive e gamma
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