Study of the Sensitivity for Searches for Excited Boson ($W^*$) in Dijet Final States in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

The recent Large Hadron Collider (LHC) beam upgrade in center-of-mass energy from $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV to $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV has required upgrades to the Monte Carlo simulations used to search for new physics in the dijet final state. Monte Carlo simulation studies are performed, using as a baseline for a new physics signal excited bosons ($W^*$) with resonant masses ranging from $200$-$4000$ GeV. The samples are validated by comparing kinematics at various center-of-mass energies and by using different parton distribution functions. The sensitivity for observing or setting limits on a $W^*$ signal is also studied.