The recent detection of the anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 4U 0142+61 in the
mid-infrared with the {\it Spitzer} observatory by Z.Wang and coworkers
constitutes the first instance of a disk around an AXP. We show, by analyzing
earlier optical and near-IR data together with the recent data, that the
overall broadband data set can be reproduced by a single model of an irradiated
and viscously heated disk.Comment: 22 pages, 3 figures, minor revisons, appeared in Ap
