Solving Double Sum with _2F_1 Hypergeometric Function

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Hello Physicsforum,

I am trying to compute the following double sum:

[itex]\sum_{j\in\mathbb{N}_0/2}\sum_{m=-j}^j\frac{x^{j+m}}{(j+m)!(j-m)!}e^{-\kappa^2j(j+1)/s}[/itex]

where x, kappa and s are parameters. It is possible with e.g. Mathemtatica to carry out the sum over m explicitly, which yields

[itex]\sum_{j\in\mathbb{N}_0/2}(j!)^{-2}e^{-\kappa^2j(j+1)/s}[_2F_1(1,-j,j+1,-x^{-1})+_2F_1(1,-j,j+1,-x)-1][/itex]

where [itex]_2F_1[/itex] is the ordinary hypergeometric function. This is however a fairly horrendous expression to sum over. It would be intereseting enough to understand the asymptotic behaviour of the final result for large and for small x as a function of s and kappa.

Does anybody have ideas/tricks in mind how to deal with this sum and maybe approximate it?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
 
Part of the problem is that this has nothing to do with "Linear and Abstract Algebra". I am moving it to "general math".