\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{1} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Detector status and infrastructure}{2} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}Triggering}{2} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}Infrastructure, Slow Controls and Monitoring}{2} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Off-line activities}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Tracking}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Funnel}{3} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}File store}{4} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}HERA and ZEUS upgrades}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Luminosity upgrade}{4} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}ZEUS Microvertex Detector}{5} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Physics results}{7} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}Proton structure}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.1.1}$F_2$ and the gluon momentum density}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.1.2}$F_2^{charm}$}{7} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.1.3}$F_2$ at low $Q^2$ and $\sigma _{tot}(\gamma ^*p)$}{8} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}Photoproduction}{8} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.1}Jets and Photon Structure.}{9} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.2}Multijet Photoproduction.}{9} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.3}Rapidity Gaps between Jets in Photoproduction.}{9} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.4}Charm Production in Jets.}{10} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.5}Prompt Photons.}{10} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.6}Inclusive studies in photoproduced jets}{10} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.2.7}Study of $\rho ^0$ Photoproduction at HERA.}{11} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3}QCD and DIS hadronic final states}{11} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.3.1}Fragmentation functions}{11} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.3.2}Forward transverse energy flow}{12} \contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4}High $Q^2$ and high $E_T$ physics}{12} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.4.1}NC and CC DIS Cross Section measurements at high $Q^2$.}{12} \contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.4.2}High $P_{T}$ leptons.}{13} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Future plans and resources requested}{13} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {A}ZEUS Journal Publications}{17} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {B}Conference Talks}{19} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {C}UK Theses}{22} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {D}ZEUS UK Collaboration }{23} \contentsline {section}{\numberline {E}ZEUS Organisation}{24}