Can someone identify this integral?

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Sorry if this is pedantic but I was asked to turn this into a sticker and I just want to verify I am not making something silly. The person asking is clearly not a math specialist.

$$ \int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{8}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}e^\frac{(x-\mu)}{\sigma} dx $$

In particular I want to make sure that if I translate this exactly as it is, it will be correct. The fraction after e, for example, looks like a power of e as opposed to a multiplier of e.

I myself am not a math expert so any insight on this (possibly whose integral this is) would be very helpful.

Thanks!

PS, it looks like an indefinite integral to me, but what do I know? If this is mis-tagged, just let me know what to tag it as.

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The Gaussian normal-distribution integral is $\large \displaystyle \int_{-\infty}^\infty \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}e^{-\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{\sigma}}\,dx$.

As the comments pointed out, $8$ normally isn't there, and there is a negative in front of the exponent.