2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/188321We calculate the non-zero Boer-Mulders functions of sea quarks inside the proton in a meson-baryon fluctuation model. The results show that the transverse spin effects of sea quarks in an unpolarized nucleon are sizable. Using the obtained antiquark Boer-Mulders functions, we estimate the $\cos 2 ϕ$ asymmetries in the unpolarized $pp$ and $p D$ Drell-Yan processes at FNAL E866/NuSea experiments. The prediction for the $\cos 2 ϕ$ asymmetries in the unpolarized $pp$ Drell-Yan process at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is also given.7 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Physical Review DHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyTransverse spin effects of sea quarks in unpolarized nucleonstext