Description
We report the results of a high-resolution spectroscopic survey of all the stars more luminous than M_V_=6.5mag within 14.5pc from the Sun. The Hipparcos catalog's completeness limits guarantee that our survey is comprehensive and free from some of the selection effects in other samples of nearby stars. The resulting spectroscopic database, which we have made publicly available, includes spectra for 118 stars obtained with a resolving power of R~50000, continuous spectral coverage between ~362-921nm, and typical signal-to-noise ratios in the range 150-600. We derive stellar parameters and perform a preliminary abundance and kinematic analysis of the F-G-K stars in the sample. The inferred metallicity ([Fe/H]) distribution is centered at about -0.1dex, and shows a standard deviation of 0.2dex.
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