Shot noise at high temperatures

We consider the possibility of measuring nonequilibrium properties of the current correlation functions at high temperatures (and small bias). Through the example of the third cumulant of the current (S₃) we demonstrate that odd-order correlation functions represent nonequilibrium physics even at small external bias and high temperatures. We calculate S₃=y(eV/T)e²I for a quasi-one-dimensional diffusive constriction. We calculate the scaling function y in two regimes: when the scattering processes are purely elastic and when the inelastic electron-electron scattering is strong. In both cases we find that y interpolates between two constants. In the low- (high-) temperature limit y is strongly (weakly) enhanced (suppressed) by the electron-electron scattering.