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\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}\usepackage{pgfplots}\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}\begin{document}\begin{tikzpicture}\begin{axis}[xmin=0,xmax=10,xlabel = $\Re(q_0)$,ylabel = $\Im(q_0)$,smooth,axis lines=middle,thick,every tick/.style = {thick},xlabel style = right,ylabel style = below left,ticks=none]\addplot[color=red,domain = 1:9]{1/(sqrt(x)+2)};\addplot[color=red,domain = 1:9]{1/(x+2) + 1/3};\addplot[color=blue,domain = 1:9]{-1/(sqrt(x)+2)};\addplot[color=blue,domain = 1:9]{-1/(x+2) - 1/3};\draw[dashed,shorten >=3,shorten <=3] (4,0.5) edge [->,bend right=5] node[near end,right] {$k \to 0$} (3.5,0);\draw[dashed,shorten >=3,shorten <=3] (4,-0.5) edge [->,bend left=5] node[near end,left] {$k \to 0$} (3.5,0);\end{axis}\end{tikzpicture}\end{document}
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