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View SchemaDark matter and the origin of mass: a simplified semiclassical approach
| Authors | C. L. Herzenberg |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0006040 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0006040 |
| DOI | 10.4006/1.30254= |
| Journal | Phys.Essays 13:604-612,2000 |
Abstract
The pervasive presence in space of a flux of high-speed, electrically uncharged dark matter particles is examined here for potential consequences. Dark matter interactions with ordinary matter are considered, and a model of the dark matter flux is developed. In this model, the property of matter that we designate as mass is a measure of the interaction cross section of ordinary matter with the flux of dark matter. From this model emerge effects similar to certain quantum phenomena, and also a flux-mediated attractive inverse-square force between particles of ordinary matter. The occurrence of effects resembling both quantum phenomena and effects resembling gravitational phenomena in this model may enable a straightforward examination of convergence of gravitational physics and quantum mechanics.
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