Gravitational-wave astronomy with a physical calibration model

Measuring gravitational-wave strain requires careful calibration of interferometers. This calibration comes with a combination of systematic and statistical uncertainty. We analyse previously reported gravitational-wave transients with a physical model of the calibration uncertainty. We find that there is no impact on astrophysical parameters for the events considered when marginalising over this uncertainty. Looking to the future, we expect that with current calibration uncertainties the sky location will be affected for events with SNR>100.