Calibration Uncertainty of Advanced LIGO and its Effect on the Sensitivity of the gstlal compact binary coalescence Search Pipeline

Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime that the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration works to detect. Calibrating the data from these detectors is essential for the identification of gravitational-wave signals in the data. Once the data is calibrated, it needs to be searched for gravitational-wave signals. There is both statistical and systematic uncertainty introduced into LIGO's data during the calibration process. I have investigated the impact of calibration uncertainty on the spacetime volume sensitivity statistic of a gravitational-wave search for compact binary systems. In this talk, I will present my findings from this study.