A pure electron plasma, confined within an azimuthally symmetric boundary by a coaxial magnetic field, has an equilibrium shape which is cylindrical. We apply perturbations which break the azimuthal symmetry and deform the plasma into a noncircular shape that is stationary in the laboratory frame. These asymmetric equilibria form a broad new class of stable equilibria. A theoretical model correctly predicts the plasma shapes and explains their stability.
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