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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.   All these models require ad-hoc assumptions for studying stopping processes. For calculating electronic stopping in metals there are few reviews \{\cite{Race_2010} and ref. there in\} show theoretical progress and we not repeating them here. The development of time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) \cite{Runge_1984} enhanced the diverse study of many body problems. 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 $\mathrm{H^+ + Al}$ 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. Even today the inclusion of non adiabatic effects in a real calculation poses a challenging problem. Recently Schleife {\emph et al} \cite{Schleife_2015} have calculated the electronic stopping $\mathrm(S_\text{e})$ by $\mathrm{H}$ and $\mathrm{He}$ projectile including non-adiabatic interactions and found that off-channeling trajectories along with the inclusion of semicore electrons enhance $\mathrm{S_\text{e}}$ resulting better agreement with the experiment. Recently Uddin {\emph et al.} \cite{Alfaz_Uddin_2013} have calculated $\mathrm{SCS}$ for various media with atomic number $Z=2$ to $100$ using realistic electron density with four fitted parameters and obtained $\sim{15\%}$ $\sim 15\%$  agreement with the \textsc{Srim} data \cite{Ziegler_2010}. Using a single formula with fewer parameters Haque {\emph et al.} \cite{Haque_2015} have reported proton impact $\mathrm{SCS}$ with encouraging results. The recent measurement \cite{Cantero_2009} by slow $\mathrm{H^+}$ in $\mathrm{Cu}$ reveals the stopping due to conduction band electronic excitation at lower velocity. The combined effects of both the free electrons and the loosely bound $d$ electrons causes a change of the slope. This study supports this even upto $v = 0.01 ~\mathrm{a.u.}$ (see Figure \ref{fig:log_stopping_power}). The experimental results of Nomura and Kiyota \cite{Nomura_1975} on $\mathrm{H^+ + Cu}$ film show the dependence of $\mathrm{S_\text{e}}$ on incident velocity agrees with the calculation of Lindhard {\emph et al} \cite{Lindhard_Scharff_Schiott}.  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.