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virtual particles

luc
in Modern and Theoretical Physics

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I read here and there that massless vector bosons carrying forces (e.g., the photon carrying electromagnetic force, or (if exist) the graviton carrying gravity force) can travel faster than light. I have never read tho' if there's a limit for that velocity, so I'm interested to know that limit, what's the maximum velocity that can acquire virtual particles

 

Bye

Virtual particles don't travel faster than light.

 

The link to which you refer discusses the collapse of the particle's wavefunction, and explains that even though that collapse is faster than light (instantaneous) there is no information flow, so there is no contradiction.

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