Solution of the sign problem for the half-filled Hubbard-Holstein model

We show that, by an appropriate choice of auxiliary fields and exact integration of the phonon degrees of freedom, it is possible to define a "sign-free" path integral for the so-called Hubbard-Holstein model at half filling. We use a statistical method, based on an accelerated and efficient Langevin dynamics, for evaluating all relevant correlation functions of the model. Preliminary calculations at U/t = 4 and U/t = 1, for omega(0)/t = 1, indicate a region around U similar or equal to g(2)/omega(0) without either antiferromagnetic or charge-density-wave orders that is much wider compared to previous approximate calculations. The elimination of the sign problem in a model without explicit particle-hole symmetry may open different perspectives for strongly correlated models, even away from the purely attractive or particle-hole symmetric cases.