Birnbaum-Saunders distribution, question about notation

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A stochastic variable X is said to follow the two-parameter Birnbaum-Saunders distribution, we write $X \in BS(\alpha,\beta) $ if its distribution function is

$$ F_X(x) = \begin{cases} \phi(\frac{1}{\alpha}(\sqrt{\frac{x}{\beta}}-\sqrt{\frac{\beta}{x}}) \qquad x > 0\\ 0 \qquad \text{else} \end{cases}$$

where $ \phi $ is the cumulative distribution function of $N(0,1)$.

Im a little confused with a distribution inside another distribution, is this correct?

Let $\gamma = \frac{1}{\alpha}(\sqrt{\frac{x}{\beta}}-\sqrt{\frac{\beta}{x}}). $

$$ F_X(x) = \int_{-\infty}^x (\int_{-\infty}^{\gamma}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}}e^{-z^2/2}dz)d\gamma $$

for x > 0.

What's confusing me is that $ \gamma = \gamma(x).$