The windings of a gluon

Gluons are traditionally represented by a two dimensional projection of a helix. Actually close inspection of some pretty gluons reveals that it is usually not quite a helix. Hence the gluons in Axodraw are also not quite helices. In addition one may notice that the begin and end points deviate slightly from the regular windings. This makes it more in agreement with hand drawn gluons. When a gluon is drawn, one needs not only its begin and end points but there is an amplitude connected to this almost helix, and in addition there are windings. The number of windings is the number of curls that the gluon will have. Different people may prefer different densities of curls. This can effect the appearance considerably:

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    \Gluon(95,15)(95,95){5}{5}     \Text(95,7)[]{5 windings}
    \Gluon(165,15)(165,95){5}{6}   \Text(165,7)[]{6 windings}
    \Gluon(235,15)(235,95){5}{7}   \Text(235,7)[]{7 windings}
    \Gluon(305,15)(305,95){5}{8}   \Text(305,7)[]{8 windings}
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    \Text(50,7)[]{amp $> 0$}  \Text(40,50)[]{$\uparrow$}
    \Gluon(125,95)(125,15){5}{6}
    \Text(125,7)[]{amp $> 0$} \Text(115,50)[]{$\downarrow$}
    \Gluon(200,15)(200,95){-5}{6}
    \Text(200,7)[]{amp $< 0$} \Text(190,50)[]{$\uparrow$}
    \Gluon(275,95)(275,15){-5}{6}
    \Text(275,7)[]{amp $< 0$} \Text(265,50)[]{$\downarrow$}
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