The early (feedback-regulated) growth of supermassive black holes

Supermassive black holes with masses of several billion solar masses are already in place at z ~ 6–7. I will discuss models and numerical simulations of the (early) growth of supermassive black holes and their environment with an emphasis on:

• the feeding of supermassive black holes from the cosmic web
• the role of AGN feedback in driving outflows into the inter- /circumgalactic medium and regulating the growth of supermassive black holes and the star formation in massive galaxies