The energy of a charged capacitor is $U$. It is removed from the battery and then connected in parallel to another uncharged capacitor having capacitance twice that of the first one. The energy of the first and second capacitors respectively is . . . . . . .

  • A
    $\frac{1}{9} U , \frac{1}{9} U$
  • B
    $\frac{2}{9} U , \frac{1}{9} U$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{9} U , \frac{2}{9} U$
  • D
    $\frac{2}{9} U , \frac{2}{9} U$

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