Relativistic jets from AGN are an important driver of feedback in galaxies. They interact with their environments over a wide range of physical scales during their lifetime, and an understanding of these interactions is crucial for unraveling the role of supermassive black holes in shaping galaxy evolution. The impact of such jets has been traditionally considered in the context of heating large-scale environments. However, in the last few decades, there has been additional focus on the immediate impact of jet feedback on the host galaxy itself. In this review, we outline the development of various numerical simulations from the onset of research on jets to the present day, where sophisticated numerical techniques have been employed to study jet feedback, including a range of physical processes. The jets can act as important agents of energy injection into a host’s ISM, as confirmed in both observations of multi-phase gas as well as in simulations. Such interactions have the potential to impact the kinematics of the gas as well as star formation. We summarize recent results from simulations of jet feedback on kpc scales and outline the broader implications for observations and galaxy evolution.
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