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The complexity of describing the dynamic interaction between charged particles and solids has initiated a large amount of research both experimentally and theoretically in recent years; in the latter the condensed matter community, however, have initiated sophisticated computer simulation techniques with considerable success.   Among the many measurable quantity the stopping power $\mathrm(S)$ \cite{Ferrell_1977} has received much attention; it provided detailed information regarding the energy transfer between the incoming projectile and the solid target.   Varies models and theories have been proposed to calculate stopping cross sections $\mathrm(SCS)$; even today a unified theoretical approach suitable for different projectiles and energies is not available in the literature. Employing the First Born Approximation (FBA), Bethe \cite{Bethe_1930_EN} has reported the calculation of inelastic and ionization cross section. The Bloch correction \cite{Bloch_1933} provides a convenient link between the Bohr and the Bethe scheme. Fermi and Teller \cite{Fermi_1947} using electron gas models had reported electronic stopping for various targets. The Bethe formula for stopping has been studied in details by Lindhard and Winther \cite{Lindhard_Winther} on the basis of the generalized linear-response theory. %models employed to study stopping of elementary charged particles in solids \cite{Bloch_1933,Bethe_1930} has stimulated this kind of study.  All these models require ad-hoc assumptions for studying stopping processes. A recent review \cite{Race_2010} has full detail of theoretical developments for calculating electronic stopping in metals. Ab-initio %Ab-initio  electronic stopping calculations suffer convergence issues and fail to reproduce experimental findings. The development of time-dependent methods have time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) \cite{Runge_1984}  enhanced the diverse study of many body problems involving the slowing down of charged projectilesboth  in solids and gases. The time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) on the other hand metals. It  has enjoyed much consideration owing to its electron dynamics both self-consistency and non-perturbative way . \cite{Kohn_1965}.  In studying the role of radiation damage in ion-solid interactions Correa {\emph et al} \cite{Correa_2012} have shown that the electronic excitations due to molecular dynamics (MD) are quite different from the adiabatic outcome. The inclusion of non adiabatic effects in real calculations remains a challenging problem even today. Using the first principles descriptions Schleife {\emph et al} \cite{Schleife_2015} have calculated the electronic stopping by $\mathrm{H}$ and $\mathrm{He}$ projectile including non-adiabatic interactions.   It was observed that the role of both off-channeling trajectories and consideration of semicore electrons enhances the stopping power and yields better agreement with the experimental results.