A Tonelli type theorem for normal weight on a von Neumann algebra

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I got stuck with the following problem while reading Section 10.18 of 'Lectures on von Neumann algebras' by Strătilă and Zsidó.

Problem: Let $\varphi$ be a normal weight on a von Neumann algebra $\mathscr{M}$. Let $\{\sigma_t\}_{t\in\mathbb{R}}$ be a group of automorphisms of $\mathscr{M}$. For $a\in\mathscr{M}^+$, we define $a_n=\sqrt{n/\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}e^{-nt^2}\sigma_t(a)\,dt,\;n\in\mathbb{N}$. Then show that $\varphi (a_n)=\sqrt{n/\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}e^{-nt^2}\varphi (\sigma_t(a))\,dt,\;n\in\mathbb{N}$.

Definition: A weight $\varphi$ on a von Neumann algebra $\mathscr{M}$ is normal if there exists a family $\{\varphi_i\}$ of $w$-continuous (i.e. continuous with respect to the ultraweak topology on $\mathscr{M}$) positive forms on $\mathscr{M}$ such that $\varphi (a)=\sum_i\varphi_i (a),\;a\in\mathscr{M}^+$.

To solve the above problem, it is enough to show that $\sum_i\sqrt{n/\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-nt^2}\varphi_i(\sigma_t(a))\,dt=\sqrt{n/\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}e^{-nt^2}\sum_i\varphi_i(\sigma_t(a))\,dt$, and it almost seems like an application of Tonelli's theorem, but here the summation $\sum_i$ can be an uncountable sum, which being not $\sigma$-finite, we can not apply Tonelli's theorem.

Note that I have changed the actual statement given in the book to reduce some technicality. To see the actual statement I got stuck in, see the highlighted part of this attachment. Please let me know if you need more details. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestion.

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It's easier to use directly that $\varphi$ is normal. The sequence $$ b_k=\sqrt{\frac n\pi}\int_{-k}^ke^{-nt^2}\,\sigma_t(a)\,dt $$ is increasing on $k$, and $\lim_kb_k=a_n$. Then the normality of $\varphi$ gives you $$ \varphi(a_n)=\lim_k\varphi(b_k)=\sqrt{\frac n\pi}\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-nt^2}\,\varphi(\sigma_t(a))\,dt. $$