Dark matter and the origin of mass: A simplified semiclassical approach

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 and gravitational phenomena in this model may enable a straightforward examination of the convergence of gravitational physics and quantum mechanics.