\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}