By the sounds of it they're neither virtual nor particles! "A virtual particle is not a particle at all. It refers precisely to a disturbance in a field that i

By the sounds of it they're neither virtual nor particles! "A virtual particle is not a particle at all. It refers precisely to a disturbance in a field that is not a particle." So from that I gather, it's a term in physics to describe things that look like particles but aren't.