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Square root of normal distribution

Let $X$ and $Y$ be independent random variates with the same probability distribution, $P(x)$. Assuming that the product $Z=XY$ is a random variate with normal distribution, say $$f_Z(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-\frac{1}{2} x^2}$$ what is the form of $P(x)$? Does it exist in closed form?

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