Abstract
The physical mechanism of Narrow Bipolar Events (NBEs) has been studied
for decades but it still holds many mysteries. Recent observations
indicate that the fast breakdown discharges that produce NBEs sometimes
contain a secondary fast breakdown that propagates back in the opposite
direction but this has not been fully addressed so far in
electromagnetic models. In this study, we investigate fast breakdown
using different approaches that employ a Modified Transmission Line with
Exponential decay (MTLE) model and propose a new model, named
“rebounding MTLE model”, which reproduces the secondary fast breakdown
current in NBEs. The model provides new insights into the physics of the
fast breakdown mechanism.