  We study a one dimensional quantum XY spin chain driven by a local noisy spin
impurity with finite correlation time, along the transverse field direction. We
recover the celebrated Zeno crossover and we show that entanglement can be used
as a proxy for the heating and strong-measurement regimes. We compute the
entanglement entropy of a block of spins and we observe that its velocity
spreading decreases at strong dissipation, as a result of the Zeno effect. Upon
increasing the correlation time of the noise, the location of the Zeno
crossover shifts at stronger dissipation rates opening up a broader heating
phase. We offer insight on the mechanisms underlying the dynamics of the
entanglement entropy by monitoring different time traces of the local
transverse magnetisation profile. Our results aim at starting a complementary
viewpoint on the field of dissipative quantum impurities, based on a
theoretical quantum information perspective.
