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This question follows this one, where the general problem has apparently no simpler form than the integral one. I focus now on the limit case: \begin{align} \int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{nI_n(x)}{x}dx=\int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{I_{n-1}(x)-I_{n+1}(x)}{2}dx \end{align} where $I_n(x)$ is the modified Bessel function of the first kind, and $n$ is an integer.

I can get the following result from the series expansion of the modified Bessel function: \begin{align} \int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{I_{n}(x)}{2}dx&=\frac{(T/2)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}{}_2F_2[\{n+\frac{1}{2},n+1\};\{2n+1,n+2\};-2T] \\ \int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{nI_n(x)}{x}dx&=\frac{(T/2)^{n}}{n!}{}_2F_2[\{n+\frac{1}{2},n\};\{2n+1,n+1\};-2T] \end{align}

I have some trouble to transforming this expression. I know from the answer to this post that there exist some polynomials of order $n$, $P_n(T)$ and $Q_n(T)$, such that: \begin{align} \int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{nI_n(x)}{x}dx=\Big(1+\frac{e^{-T}}{T^{n-1}}\big(P_{n-1}(T)I_0(T)+Q_{n-1}(T)I_1(T)\big)\Big) \end{align} which looks somehow to the result of an integration by parts. However I don't manage to use the derivation relation for the Bessel function, or the identities (especially number 2) with the hypergeometric function here to obtain the expression of the polynomials.

Furthermore, I have some hints (from numerical evaluations of the formula of a related model) that this could be written in terms of error functions, powers and exponentials. I have troubles to use the previous identities.

What would be an effective method to get more informations from this integral?

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From DLMF, one has, for $n=0,1,2...$ $$\int_{0}^{x}e^{-t}I_{n}\left(t\right)\mathrm{d}t=xe^{-x}(I_{0}\left(x\right)+I% _{1}\left(x\right))+n(e^{-x}I_{0}\left(x\right)-1)+2e^{-x}\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}(n-k% )I_{k}\left(x\right)$$ which may be obtained by recurrence, I guess. Then \begin{align} F_n&=\frac{1}{2}\int_0^T e^{-x}[I_{n-1}(x)-I_{n+1}(x)]\,dx\\ &=1-e^{-T}\left[I_{0}\left( T \right)+I_{n}\left( T \right)+2\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}I_{k}\left(T\right)\right] \label{eq:1}\tag{1} \end{align} This expression can be checked by taking the derivative of the rhs, using the recursion relation for the Bessel function $I'_n(T)=\frac{1}{2}\left(I_{n-1}(T)+I_{n+1}(T)\right)$: $$F'_n=\frac{1}{2}e^{-T}[I_{n-1}(T)-I_{n+1}(T)]$$ Now, using the recurrence relation for the Bessel functions \begin{equation} I_{k}\left( T \right)=I_{k-2}\left( T \right)-\frac{2(k-1)}{T}I_{k-1}\left( T \right) \end{equation} one deduce that \begin{equation} I_k\left( T \right)=T^{1-k}\left[A_{k-1}\left( T \right)I_0\left( T \right)+B_{k-1}\left( T \right)I_1\left( T \right)\right] \end{equation} where $A_{k-1}$ and $B_{k-1}$ are polynomials of degree $k-1$. Finally, as expected \begin{equation} F_n=1+\frac{e^{-T}}{T^{n-1}}\left[P_{n-1}\left( T \right)I_0\left( T \right)+Q_{n-1}\left( T \right)I_1\left( T \right)\right] \end{equation} Eq. (\ref{eq:1}) can be evaluated by Maple using ``simplify'' command giving the polynomials obtained in the previous post Closed form for $\int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{I_n(\alpha x)}{x}dx$

Edit (22/08/'17): The polynomials can be expressed using analogous of the Lommel polynomials for the modified Bessel functions. In Lemma 5 of this paper,
$$ I_k(T)=\left( \frac{2}{T} \right)^k r_k^0\left( \frac{T^2}{4} \right)I_0(T)+\left( \frac{2}{T} \right)^{k-1} s_k^0\left( \frac{T^2}{4} \right)I_1(T) $$ Expressions for the polynomials $r_k^0(x)$ and $s_k^0(x)$ are given either in terms of the Lommel polynomials or explicitly.

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In addition to this excellent answer, I would like to answer this secondary question:

Furthermore, I have some hints (from numerical evaluations of the formula of a related model) that this could be written in terms of error functions, powers and exponentials.

I have the answer for this. The study of this formula was an asymptotic limit of the expression of this other related question: \begin{align} \int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{nI_n(x)}{x}dx=\lim_{\alpha \rightarrow1}\int_0^T e^{-x}\frac{nI_n(\alpha x)}{x}dx \end{align} and $\alpha \rightarrow1$ in my specific model also meant (not explicitly here) that $x$ and $n$ are large. Then I needed to take the following asymptotic formula using Hankel's expansion of the Bessel function: \begin{align} e^{-x}I_n(x)&=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi x}}\sum_{k=0}^\infty (-1)^k \frac{\prod_{l=1}^k \big((2n)^2-(2l-1)^2\big)}{k!\,(8x)^k} \sim \frac{e^{-\frac{n^2}{2x}}}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \end{align} The gaussian function appears and the error function too once integrated. This is a continuous limit for the discrete integers $n$.

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