FNAL E906: Extending Dimuon Measurements to New Kinematic Regions

Fermilab E866/NuSea performed the first measurements of the absolute Drell-Yan cross section in 800 GeV/c p+p and p+d collisions over a broad kinematic region. It also measured the cross section ratio of p+p to p+d collisions over a large kinematic range, allowing the extraction of the ratio of anti-down to anti-up quark in the proton. After reviewing E866 results, improvements that can be made on these measurements by taking advantage of the Fermilab Main Injector will be discussed. The lower energy of the Main Injector provides a higher Drell-Yan cross section, allowing the extension of all measurements to higher Bjorken-x. E906 is an approved experiment that plans to make these measurements in the near future.