We give a quantum mechanical description of accelerated relativistic particles in the framework of Coherent States (CS) of the (3+1)-dimensional conformal group SU(2,2), with the role of accelerations played by special conformal transformations and with the role of (proper) time translations played by dilations. The accelerated ground state $tildephi_0$ of first quantization is a CS of the conformal group. We compute the distribution function giving the occupation number of each energy level in $tildephi_0$ and, with it, the partition function Z, mean energy E and entropy S, which resemble that of an Einstein Solid. An effective temperature T can be assigned to this accelerated ensemble through the thermodynamic expression dE/dS, which leads to a (non linear) relation between acceleration and temperature different from Unruhs (linear) formula. Then we construct the corresponding conformal-SU(2,2)-invariant second quantized theory and its spontaneous breakdown when selecting Poincare-invariant degenerated theta-vacua (namely, coherent states of conformal zero modes). Special conformal transformations (accelerations) destabilize the Poincare vacuum and make it to radiate.
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