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This energy-loss phenomenon plays an important role in many experimental studies involving solids, surfaces and nanostructures [add citation].   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 electron gas generalized linear-response  theory. models %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 os theoretical developments for calculating electronic stopping in metals.  In the low energy region the energy loss in metal is due to the excitation of a portion of electrons around the Fermi level to empty states in the conducting band. But at higher energies, a minimum momentum transfer of the projectile is possible due to its short duration close to the target. In this region the electronic curve has a maximum due to the limited response time of target electrons to the projectile ions.