The invention provides a
muon detector for measuring soil
moisture, and belongs to the technical field of testing by utilizing wave or
particle radiation. The
muon detector comprises a tubular
scintillator which is used for detecting muons in cosmic rays and emitting
scintillation light, and at least two outer optical fibers which are equal in screw
pitch and used for collecting and transmitting the
scintillation light are spirally wound on the periphery of the tubular
scintillator. At least two inner optical fibers which are equal in screw
pitch and used for collecting and transmitting
scintillation light are spirally arranged on the inner circumference of the tubular
scintillator, and the rotation direction of each inner
optical fiber is opposite to that of each outer
optical fiber, so that the tubular scintillator is divided into a plurality of latticed detection units in the internal and external directions. Compared with the prior art, the latticed detection unit is smaller, the existing scintillation
light signal can only be acquired by the outer
optical fiber, the scintillation
light signal can also be acquired by the inner optical
fiber, the optical
fiber closer to the optical
fiber can be acquired by the optical fiber, and the inner optical fiber and the outer optical fiber form an acquisition network, so that the detection precision is higher.