Integral of square root of normal random variable over the real line

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I'm trying to find a closed form expression for the following integral:

$$ \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}\int_0^{\infty} \sqrt{x} \exp \bigg(\frac{-(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2} \bigg)dx$$

This integral is essentially $E[\sqrt{x} \mathbf{1}_{x>0}]$, where $X\sim\mathcal{N}(\mu,\sigma^2)$