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C. W. Mauche (LLNL)
The intermediate polar EX Hydrae was the subject of an extensive series of satellite and ground-based observations in May-July 2000. I present results from the EUV through hard X-ray components of this campaign, with emphasis on the high-resolution X-ray spectra from the Chandra HETG and XMM-Newton RGS spectrometers. The X-ray light curves show the 67 min spin phase of the white dwarf, and the spectra show a weak continuum with strong narrow emission lines of H- and He-like C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, and Fe and L-shell Fe (most prominently Fe XVII-XIX and Fe XXIII-XXIV). Line strengths are used to constrain the emission measure and density distribution of the emitting plasma, thereby constraining models of the accretion column.