Half-line drift null contour identity (${\int }_L{e}^{ikx}\hat{q}(i\alpha -k)dk=0$)

For $\alpha >0$, let $L$ be the upper branch $\mathrm{Im}k=(\alpha +\sqrt{{\alpha }^2+4(\mathrm{Re}k{)}^2})/2$, oriented left to right. Above $L$, $i\alpha -k$ lies in the lower half-plane, where a decaying half-line Fourier transform is analytic. For $x>0$, closing upward proves that the displayed integral vanishes. An additional multiplier analytic above $L$ with at most polynomial growth is allowed, using exponential decay and, if needed, regularized contours. This supplies a null term in a Fokas method inversion formula without changing the function in the interior.