Integrals involving Gaussian Q function

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I am trying to find the following definite integral:

\begin{equation} I = \int_{0}^{b} Q\left((b-x)\, a \right)\,\frac{x}{\sigma^2}\,\exp\left(-\frac{x^2}{2\sigma^2}\right)\,dx, \end{equation} where $a$, $b$, $\sigma^2$ are some positive constants, and $Q(u)\stackrel{\triangle}{=} \int_{u}^{+\infty}\frac{\exp(-t^2/2)}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\,dt$ is the Gaussian Q function.

I have tried to use integration by parts and use some table of integrals to solve it but in vain. Any help or hint would be highly appreciated!

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Using the integration by part, the solution to the above integral denoted by $I$ is as follows: \begin{align} I &= \int_{0}^{b}\underbrace{Q\left((b-x)\,a\right)}_{u}\,\underbrace{\left[-\frac{d}{dx}\left(\exp(-x^2/2\sigma^2)\right)\right]\,dx}_{dv}\\ &= Q(ab) - \frac{1}{2}\exp(-b^2/2\sigma^2) + \frac{a}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\exp(-a^2b^2/2 )\int_{0}^{b}\exp(-\beta^2 x^2 + a^2 b\, x)\,dx \\ &= Q(ab) - \frac{1}{2}\exp(-b^2/2\sigma^2) + \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2\beta}\exp(a^4y^2/4\beta^2)\left\{\text{erf}(a^2y/2\beta) + \text{erf}((\beta - a^2/2\beta)y)\right\}. \end{align} where $\beta \stackrel{\triangle}{=} a^2/2 + 1 / 2\sigma^2$, and $\text{erf}(x) \stackrel{\triangle}{=} \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{x}\exp(-t^2)\,dt$.