Multiple Image Method for the Two Conductor Spheres in a Uniform Electrostatic Field

A method using multiple mirror images of point charges is put forward to analyze the polarization of two identical conductor spheres in a uniform electrostatic field. By use of the method, the electric field distribution and the interaction force between two spheres can be calculated accurately even for very small gap between two spheres. Our results show that the magnitude of the product of the gap between two spheres and the local electric field in the center of the gap is approximately in the same order and the interaction between two spheres increases very fast as the two spheres are close to each other. We also show that the interaction force between two conductor spheres is almost same with that between two dielectric spheres with high permittivity. (electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics, and fluid dynamics)