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IQM Emerald device reports qubitCount=54 but only accepts 49 qubits
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Description
### Describe the bug
`AwsDevice.properties.paradigm.qubitCount` for IQM Emerald (`arn:aws:braket:eu-north-1::device/qpu/iqm/Emerald`) reports **54**, but submitting a circuit that uses more than **49** qubits is rejected by the service.
### To reproduce
```python
from braket.aws import AwsDevice
from braket.circuits import Circuit
device = AwsDevice("arn:aws:braket:eu-north-1::device/qpu/iqm/Emerald")
print(device.properties.paradigm.qubitCount) # -> 54
n = 54
ghz = Circuit().h(0)
for i in range(n - 1):
ghz.cnot(i, i + 1)
device.run(ghz, shots=100)
```
### Expected behavior
`qubitCount` should reflect the number of qubits actually usable for task submission (or the discrepancy between physical and usable qubits should be documented / exposed via a separate property).
### Actual behavior
```
botocore.errorfactory.ValidationException: An error occurred (ValidationException) when calling the CreateQuantumTask operation: Used 54 qubits, which is more than the device qubit count of 49
```
### Environment
- `amazon-braket-sdk` 1.121.0
- Python 3.11.6
- macOS (macOS-26.3-arm64)
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