1. **Stating the problem:**
Evaluate the double integral
$$\int_0^\infty \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{x \sin \theta}{\sqrt{1 + x^2 \sin^2 \theta}} \ln \left( \frac{1 + x^2 \cos^2 \theta}{1 + x^2 \sin^2 \theta} \right) d\theta \, dx$$
2. **Understanding the integral:**
The integral is over $\theta$ from $0$ to $\frac{\pi}{2}$ and over $x$ from $0$ to $\infty$. The integrand involves $x$, $\sin \theta$, $\cos \theta$, and a logarithm of a ratio.
3. **Key observations:**
- The logarithm argument is a ratio of terms symmetric in $\sin^2 \theta$ and $\cos^2 \theta$.
- The integral is complicated but suggests symmetry or substitution might simplify it.
4. **Interchange the order of integration:**
We can write
$$I = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \int_0^\infty \frac{x \sin \theta}{\sqrt{1 + x^2 \sin^2 \theta}} \ln \left( \frac{1 + x^2 \cos^2 \theta}{1 + x^2 \sin^2 \theta} \right) dx \, d\theta$$
5. **Substitute $t = x^2$ to simplify the logarithm:**
Let $t = x^2$, so $dx = \frac{dt}{2x}$. Then
$$\frac{x \sin \theta}{\sqrt{1 + x^2 \sin^2 \theta}} dx = \frac{x \sin \theta}{\sqrt{1 + t \sin^2 \theta}} \frac{dt}{2x} = \frac{\sin \theta}{2 \sqrt{1 + t \sin^2 \theta}} dt$$
The integral over $x$ becomes
$$\int_0^\infty \frac{\sin \theta}{2 \sqrt{1 + t \sin^2 \theta}} \ln \left( \frac{1 + t \cos^2 \theta}{1 + t \sin^2 \theta} \right) dt$$
6. **Rewrite the integral:**
$$I = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin \theta}{2} \int_0^\infty \frac{\ln \left( \frac{1 + t \cos^2 \theta}{1 + t \sin^2 \theta} \right)}{\sqrt{1 + t \sin^2 \theta}} dt \, d\theta$$
7. **Symmetry argument:**
Consider the substitution $\theta \to \frac{\pi}{2} - \theta$. Then $\sin \theta \leftrightarrow \cos \theta$ and the integrand changes sign because the logarithm argument inverts.
This implies the integral over $\theta$ from $0$ to $\frac{\pi}{2}$ is zero due to antisymmetry.
8. **Conclusion:**
The value of the integral is
$$\boxed{0}$$
This is because the integrand is antisymmetric with respect to $\theta = \frac{\pi}{4}$, causing the integral over $\theta$ to cancel out.
Double Integral 8629B3
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